Climate and average weather in Bad Kreuznach

In Bad Kreuznach, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bad Kreuznach typically varies from -1°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -8°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bad Kreuznach for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Dec
64 mm
Driest
Feb
44 mm
Rain / yr
641 mm
128 wet days
Daylight
7.9–16.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
109 m
49.8°N
Clearest
Aug
59% cloud
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Bad Kreuznach weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bad Kreuznach, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 26 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Bad Kreuznach is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Bad Kreuznach is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-1
Feb50
Mar92
Apr145
May189
Jun2112
Jul2414
Aug2314
Sep1910
Oct137
Nov83
Dec40

How hot and cold Bad Kreuznach really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 27), with roughly 132 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-5-1
Feb55-40
Mar99-12
Apr141435
May181889
Jun21211212
Jul24241414
Aug23231414
Sep19191010
Oct131357
Nov8803
Dec44-30

Average hourly temperature in Bad Kreuznach

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bad Kreuznach weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5111.13.18.40.0
Feb / -0°449.53.39.70.2
Mar / 5010.81.611.51.9
Apr14° / 46100.213.54.0
May18° / 6211.5015.15.5
Jun21° / 12°5510.50166.3
Jul24° / 14°5710.7015.76.8
Aug23° / 14°5310.1014.26.9
Sep19° / 10°529.2012.46.0
Oct13° / 5410.5010.53.6
Nov / 5311.518.81.1
Dec / 6412.83.480.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bad Kreuznach gets about 641 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.7 months, from around Oct 27 to Jan 15, peaking in December at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 31.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 64 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 44 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 20 · 43%Aug 31 · 30%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3410
Mar3411
Apr3410
May3812
Jun3511
Jul3411
Aug3210
Sep329
Oct3411
Nov3812
Dec4113

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bad Kreuznach collects about 641 mm of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 53 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 64 mm, while February is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec514450466255575352545364
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan51113
Feb44103
Mar50112
Apr46100
May62120
Jun55110
Jul57110
Aug53100
Sep5290
Oct54110
Nov53121
Dec64133

Snow in Bad Kreuznach

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Bad Kreuznach averages about 13 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 10 to Apr 5 — about 4.8 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 8 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 42 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan38
Feb312
Mar25
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov13
Dec313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bad Kreuznach, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 15 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around September 26. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 45% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 27 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around March 14. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 80% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 2 · 49%Dec 28 · 18%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2278
Feb2674
Mar3367
Apr3862
May3466
Jun3862
Jul4456
Aug4555
Sep3862
Oct2872
Nov2179
Dec2080

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 16 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 7 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.48:284:48
Feb9.77:505:36
Mar11.56:526:24
Apr13.55:447:14
May15.14:508:00
Jun16.04:268:31
Jul15.74:438:26
Aug14.25:257:41
Sep12.46:126:34
Oct10.56:595:28
Nov8.87:514:37
Dec8.08:284:22

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bad Kreuznach averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Jun 16 to Sep 27. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 8 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 318 daysNov 103 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bad Kreuznach, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 10% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 26 · 100%Jul 26 · 87%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9371
Jun73215
Jul603010
Aug60319
Sep84142
Oct9640
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bad Kreuznach is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 21 to Apr 7. The windiest month is January, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 8 to Oct 20, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 13 km/hAug 4 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep10calm
Oct11calm
Nov11calm
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Bad Kreuznach

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bad Kreuznach throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Bad Kreuznach is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bad Kreuznach for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.2poor
Mar1.9poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.5fair
Jun6.3good
Jul6.8good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.0good
Oct3.6fair
Nov1.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bad Kreuznach for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 6.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bad Kreuznach, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bad Kreuznach sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bad Kreuznach by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bad Kreuznach peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Bad Kreuznach

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr50
May6.50
Jun83
Jul83.5
Aug71.5
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Bad Kreuznach typically lasts about 307 days, from around February 21 to December 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 12 to November 7.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2150%Apr 1290%Nov 790%Dec 2450%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4531
Feb4828
Mar7231
Apr9112
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct960
Nov8022
Dec5431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bad Kreuznach banks about 1,030 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May109
Jun205
Jul279
Aug268
Sep139
Oct20
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bad Kreuznach receives about 3.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.7 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 87% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 265.6 kWhDec 220.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.7Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.3Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov1.0Dim
Dec0.7Dim

Where is Bad Kreuznach?

Bad Kreuznach sits at 49.8°N, 7.9°E, 109 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bingen am Rhein, 14 km away.

Topography around Bad Kreuznach

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bad Kreuznach.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Kreuznach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m around an average of 166 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 524 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Bad Kreuznach is covered by trees (32%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (31%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
233 m
16 km
524 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Bingen am Rhein 14 km · Ingelheim am Rhein 20 km · Alzey 21 km · Nieder-Ingelheim 21 km · Eltville 27 km · Gonsenheim 30 km · Mainz 33 km · Dotzheim 35 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bad Kreuznach (49.8414°, 7.8671°, elevation 109 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).