Pfronten climate — normals and trends
Pfronten (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 1,737 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (13.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pfronten averages 170 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 199 rainy days per year.
Pfronten has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -33.2 °C (on 7 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PfrontenBavaria
- coords
- 47.58°, 10.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,737mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
199 d/yr
Annual snowfall
398.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
30.1 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-33.2 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
85 mm
6 August 1985
Windiest day
32.7 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
141.5 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-37.7 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
39.0 cm
13 April 1994
Sunniest day
15.1 h
18 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 88 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 37 mm | -67 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 104 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 72 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 191 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 137 mm | -81 mm |
| Jul | 17.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 342 mm | +119 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 218 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 15.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 152 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 98 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 103 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 36 mm | -76 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pfronten?
Pfronten has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 1,737 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pfronten?
The hottest day measured in Pfronten between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pfronten?
The coldest day measured in Pfronten between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -33.2 °C.
Does it snow in Pfronten?
Yes. Pfronten gets on average 398.1 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Pfronten warmed?
Yes: Pfronten warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pfronten?
The wettest day measured in Pfronten between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1985, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pfronten?
The windiest day measured in Pfronten between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pfronten?
The warmest month in Pfronten is July (13.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Pfronten?
Pfronten receives on average 1,737 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 199 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pfronten?
Pfronten gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pfronten?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pfronten between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1994, with 39.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pfronten?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pfronten.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pfronten?
In Pfronten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -37.7 °C on 7 January 1985.
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