Black Forest · Baden-Wurttemberg · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Belchen

1,414 mSnow likely Jan–Mar · Dec

Elevation1,414 mabove sea level

Prominence379 mindependent height

Isolation14 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul16°average high

47.82° N, 7.83° EElevation 1,414 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit1,414 m
Mid-mountain1,070 m
Valley · Böllen720 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Belchen in brief

Belchen rises to 1,414 m in the Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 379 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 17°, while nights fall below freezing in 6 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Böllen, 2.6 km to the S at 720 m.

Facts

Elevation: 1,414 m · 4,639 ft
Prominence: 379 m
Range: Black Forest
Region: Baden-Wurttemberg
Country: Germany
Coordinates: 47.8225, 7.8336
Nearest airport: EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) · 34 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Belchen by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Belchen by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	1°	1°	3°	7°	11°	14°	16°	17°	13°	9°	4°	2°
Average low	-4°	-5°	-3°	0°	4°	7°	9°	9°	6°	3°	-1°	-4°
Precipitation	150 mm	132 mm	151 mm	130 mm	178 mm	153 mm	153 mm	146 mm	139 mm	168 mm	156 mm	196 mm
Cloud cover	53%	51%	51%	48%	48%	43%	38%	38%	44%	50%	56%	57%
Daylight	8h 49	10h 15	11h 50	13h 37	15h 08	15h 59	15h 39	14h 20	12h 37	10h 55	9h 19	8h 26
Month score	15	16	16	18	22	42	55	57	32	17	14	14

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Snow likely Jan–Mar · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	1,150 m	1,100 m	1,450 m	1,900 m	2,550 m	3,050 m	3,350 m	3,400 m	2,800 m	2,350 m	1,650 m	1,250 m
Summit	❄ snow	❄ snow	❄ snow	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	❄ snow

ivTerrain

Belchen in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Germany

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Feldberg (Black Forest)	1,494 m	934 m	14 km NE	15°
Seebuck	1,449 m	29 m	15 km E	16°
Herzogenhorn	1,416 m	184 m	14 km E	16°
Stübenwasen	1,389 m	–	11 km NE	16°
Silberberg	1,359 m	90 m	12 km E	17°
Spießhorn	1,351 m	130 m	16 km E	17°
Toter Mann (Black Forest)	1,322 m	–	14 km NE	17°
Blößling	1,310 m	–	13 km E	18°