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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Forbach, France
Forbach climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation852 mm145 wet days a year
49.19° N, 6.89° EElevation 208 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goForbach · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Forbach has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 852 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (93 mm, 14 wet days) and September the driest (68 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in July to 57% in December.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Forbach is 0.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 14 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 5° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 77 mm | 62 mm | 69 mm | 53 mm | 70 mm | 66 mm | 68 mm | 66 mm | 68 mm | 84 mm | 76 mm | 93 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.3 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 14.4 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 48% | 46% | 41% | 41% | 37% | 34% | 34% | 39% | 46% | 53% | 57% |
| Daylight | 8h 39 | 10h 09 | 11h 50 | 13h 42 | 15h 18 | 16h 12 | 15h 50 | 14h 26 | 12h 39 | 10h 51 | 9h 10 | 8h 14 |
| Month score | 17 | 23 | 32 | 62 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 76 | 50 | 20 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Forbach in every month
January17
5° / 0°
77 mm · 13.3 wet days
February23
7° / 0°
62 mm · 11.6 wet days
March32
11° / 2°
69 mm · 11.2 wet days
April62
16° / 5°
53 mm · 9.7 wet days
May64
20° / 9°
70 mm · 13.4 wet days
June69
23° / 12°
66 mm · 12.1 wet days
July65
26° / 14°
68 mm · 13.2 wet days
August67
25° / 14°
66 mm · 12.8 wet days
September76
21° / 10°
68 mm · 8.8 wet days
October50
15° / 7°
84 mm · 11.8 wet days
November20
9° / 3°
76 mm · 12.2 wet days
December14
6° / 1°
93 mm · 14.4 wet days