Harz · Thuringia · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Kohnstein

335 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation335 mabove sea level

Prominence85 mindependent height

Isolation6.6 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

51.54° N, 10.74° EElevation 335 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit335 m
Mid-mountain170 m
Valley0 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Kohnstein in brief

Kohnstein rises to 335 m in the Harz, Thuringia, Germany. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 85 m.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town is Niedersachswerfen, 2.4 km to the NE at 214 m.

Facts

Elevation: 335 m · 1,099 ft
Prominence: 85 m
Range: Harz
Region: Thuringia
Country: Germany
Coordinates: 51.5404, 10.7351
Nearest airport: Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) · 65 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 Kohnstein by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Kohnstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	8°	14°	18°	21°	23°	23°	19°	13°	7°	3°
Average low	-3°	-3°	0°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	1°	-2°
Precipitation	70 mm	51 mm	66 mm	45 mm	60 mm	64 mm	65 mm	61 mm	58 mm	52 mm	66 mm	73 mm
Cloud cover	56%	52%	49%	41%	40%	39%	37%	36%	42%	49%	58%	61%
Daylight	8h 20	9h 59	11h 48	13h 51	15h 36	16h 37	16h 12	14h 39	12h 42	10h 45	8h 54	7h 52
Month score	28	35	32	60	78	79	79	81	79	50	28	25

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–Feb · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	350 m	400 m	950 m	1,650 m	2,250 m	2,750 m	3,100 m	3,050 m	2,400 m	1,700 m	1,000 m	450 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

Kohnstein in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Germany

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Kleiner Winterberg (Harz)	837 m	–	25 km N	19°
Jordanshöhe	726 m	–	25 km NW	20°
Stöberhai	720 m	–	18 km NW	20°
Jagdkopf	714 m	–	18 km NW	21°
Barenberg	696 m	–	24 km N	20°
Ebersberg, Saxony-Anhalt	687 m	–	17 km N	21°
Kleiner Oderberg	685 m	–	23 km NW	20°
Koboltstaler Köpfe	673 m	68 m	24 km NW	20°