Bavaria · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Kanzel

551 mSnow likely Jan · Dec

Elevation551 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.8 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul25°average high

47.72° N, 12.87° EElevation 551 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Kanzel in brief

Kanzel rises to 551 m, Bavaria, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 25°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town is Bad Reichenhall, 1.7 km to the NE at 470 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 Kanzel by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	5°	10°	16°	20°	23°	25°	25°	20°	15°	8°	4°
Average low	-4°	-3°	0°	4°	8°	12°	14°	13°	10°	5°	1°	-3°
Precipitation	102 mm	93 mm	130 mm	96 mm	141 mm	182 mm	203 mm	200 mm	145 mm	101 mm	108 mm	117 mm
Cloud cover	42%	45%	47%	42%	41%	41%	35%	37%	41%	41%	46%	45%
Daylight	8h 50	10h 15	11h 50	13h 37	15h 07	15h 58	15h 38	14h 19	12h 37	10h 55	9h 19	8h 27
Month score	25	26	20	57	62	62	65	64	62	51	22	20

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 · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	450 m	750 m	1,350 m	2,050 m	2,700 m	3,250 m	3,500 m	3,500 m	2,850 m	2,100 m	1,250 m	600 m
Summit	❄ 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	above 0 °C	❄ snow

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Watzmann Mittelspitze	2,713 m	–	19 km S	11°
Watzmann-Südspitze	2,712 m	–	19 km S	14°
Watzmann Hocheck	2,651 m	–	18 km S	11°
Hochkalter	2,607 m	621 m	16 km S	11°
Großer Hundstod	2,594 m	474 m	23 km S	11°
Hocheisspitze	2,523 m	410 m	19 km S	12°
Hoher Göll	2,522 m	794 m	20 km SE	12°
Kammerlinghorn	2,506 m	–	19 km S	12°