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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Forchheim, Bavaria
Forchheim climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation738 mm147 wet days a year
49.72° N, 11.06° EElevation 261 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goForchheim · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Forchheim has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 738 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (68 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (46 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in August to 53% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Forchheim is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 09 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 | 3° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 50 mm | 58 mm | 46 mm | 66 mm | 66 mm | 81 mm | 59 mm | 62 mm | 62 mm | 62 mm | 68 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9 | 14 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 15.2 |
| Cloud cover | 49% | 46% | 45% | 39% | 39% | 37% | 34% | 33% | 39% | 44% | 52% | 53% |
| Daylight | 8h 35 | 10h 07 | 11h 49 | 13h 44 | 15h 22 | 16h 17 | 15h 55 | 14h 29 | 12h 40 | 10h 50 | 9h 07 | 8h 09 |
| Month score | 17 | 26 | 25 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 47 | 22 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Forchheim in every month
January17
3° / -2°
58 mm · 14.6 wet days
February26
5° / -2°
50 mm · 10.9 wet days
March25
10° / 1°
58 mm · 11.3 wet days
April61
15° / 4°
46 mm · 9 wet days
May63
20° / 8°
66 mm · 14 wet days
June67
23° / 12°
66 mm · 12.9 wet days
July65
25° / 13°
81 mm · 13.8 wet days
August68
25° / 13°
59 mm · 12.9 wet days
September72
20° / 9°
62 mm · 10.1 wet days
October47
14° / 6°
62 mm · 11.3 wet days
November22
8° / 2°
62 mm · 11.2 wet days
December15
4° / -1°
68 mm · 15.2 wet days