Watzmann · Bavaria · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Grünstein

1,304 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation1,304 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation0.9 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

47.59° N, 12.97° EElevation 1,304 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Grünstein in brief

Grünstein rises to 1,304 m in the Watzmann, Bavaria, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights fall below freezing in 5 months of the year.

The nearest town is Schönau am Königssee, 1.8 km to the NE at 576 m.

iiForecast

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

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iiiSummit climate

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

Climate normals for Grünstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	1°	3°	7°	12°	16°	19°	21°	21°	16°	12°	6°	1°
Average low	-7°	-6°	-3°	0°	5°	9°	10°	10°	7°	3°	-2°	-6°
Precipitation	107 mm	96 mm	136 mm	101 mm	150 mm	190 mm	220 mm	221 mm	159 mm	109 mm	114 mm	119 mm
Cloud cover	42%	46%	49%	44%	43%	44%	37%	39%	42%	42%	46%	45%
Daylight	8h 51	10h 16	11h 51	13h 37	15h 07	15h 57	15h 37	14h 18	12h 37	10h 55	9h 20	8h 28
Month score	24	25	17	32	53	61	64	63	51	33	20	19

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–Feb · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	800 m	1,050 m	1,600 m	2,200 m	2,950 m	3,450 m	3,700 m	3,700 m	3,050 m	2,450 m	1,550 m	950 m
Summit	❄ 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	above 0 °C	❄ snow

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Hochkönig	2,941 m	2,181 m	21 km S	7°
Hohe Köpfe, Salzburg	2,875 m	–	20 km S	7°
Bratschenköpfe	2,857 m	130 m	21 km SE	8°
Lamkopf	2,846 m	–	20 km S	10°
Hochseiler	2,793 m	90 m	19 km S	10°
Watzmann Mittelspitze	2,713 m	–	5.5 km SW	11°
Watzmann-Südspitze	2,712 m	–	6.3 km SW	14°
Südwestlicher Schoberkopf	2,708 m	130 m	21 km SE	9°