Vilshofen climate — normals and trends
Vilshofen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 836 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vilshofen averages 97 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Vilshofen has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
VilshofenBavaria
- coords
- 48.63°, 13.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
836mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
36.3 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
65 mm
19 July 1981
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
28 January 1994
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
30 March 1979
Sunniest day
15.6 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 67 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 17 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 42 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 17 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 49 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 48 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 97 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 65 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 74 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 48 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vilshofen?
Vilshofen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 836 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vilshofen?
The hottest day measured in Vilshofen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vilshofen?
The coldest day measured in Vilshofen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vilshofen?
Yes. Vilshofen gets on average 97.2 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Vilshofen warmed?
Yes: Vilshofen warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vilshofen?
The wettest day measured in Vilshofen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1981, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vilshofen?
The windiest day measured in Vilshofen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1994, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vilshofen?
The warmest month in Vilshofen is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Vilshofen?
Vilshofen receives on average 836 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vilshofen?
Vilshofen gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vilshofen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vilshofen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1979, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vilshofen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vilshofen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vilshofen?
In Vilshofen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 10 February 1956.
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