Zeil climate — normals and trends
Zeil (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 713 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zeil averages 79 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Zeil has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
ZeilBavaria
- coords
- 50.01°, 10.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
713mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
37.5 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
9 July 2021
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.1 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.1 cm
15 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.4 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 75 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 22 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 24 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 57 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 78 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 52 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 119 mm | +66 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 75 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 39 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zeil?
Zeil has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 713 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zeil?
The hottest day measured in Zeil between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zeil?
The coldest day measured in Zeil between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Zeil?
Yes. Zeil gets on average 46.3 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Zeil warmed?
Yes: Zeil warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zeil?
The wettest day measured in Zeil between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2021, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zeil?
The windiest day measured in Zeil between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zeil?
The warmest month in Zeil is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Zeil?
Zeil receives on average 713 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zeil?
Zeil gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zeil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zeil between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1990, with 12.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zeil?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zeil.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zeil?
In Zeil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.1 °C on 22 January 1942.
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