Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sonthofen
Sonthofen climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,593 mm168 wet days a year
47.52° N, 10.28° EElevation 746 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goSonthofen · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low14° / 5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sonthofen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,593 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (168 mm, 18 wet days) and November the driest (117 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 41% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Sonthofen is 1.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- -4° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 28 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° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -4° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 8° | 5° | 0° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 112 mm | 99 mm | 128 mm | 98 mm | 136 mm | 168 mm | 189 mm | 177 mm | 134 mm | 106 mm | 117 mm | 129 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 13.8 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 38% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 36% | 32% | 33% | 37% | 37% | 40% | 41% |
| Daylight | 8h 52 | 10h 16 | 11h 51 | 13h 36 | 15h 06 | 15h 57 | 15h 36 | 14h 18 | 12h 37 | 10h 55 | 9h 20 | 8h 28 |
| Month score | 23 | 28 | 23 | 46 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 50 | 29 | 21 |
ivMonth by month
Sonthofen in every month
January23
3° / -4°
112 mm · 13.8 wet days
February28
5° / -4°
99 mm · 11.2 wet days
March23
9° / -1°
128 mm · 13.1 wet days
April46
14° / 3°
98 mm · 12.2 wet days
May64
18° / 7°
136 mm · 17.4 wet days
June65
22° / 10°
168 mm · 17.6 wet days
July66
23° / 12°
189 mm · 16.9 wet days
August66
23° / 12°
177 mm · 16.3 wet days
September66
19° / 8°
134 mm · 13.1 wet days
October50
14° / 5°
106 mm · 11.5 wet days
November29
8° / 0°
117 mm · 10.7 wet days
December21
4° / -3°
129 mm · 13.8 wet days