Climate and average weather in Bad Neustadt an der Saale

In Bad Neustadt an der Saale, 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 Neustadt an der Saale typically varies from -2°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 30°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 Neustadt an der Saale for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Jul
71 mm
Driest
Feb
49 mm
Rain / yr
712 mm
135 wet days
Daylight
7.8–16.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
235 m
50.3°N
Clearest
Aug
60% cloud

Bad Neustadt an der Saale is main settlement of Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Lower Franconia, Germany.

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

Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 Neustadt an der Saale, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 24 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Bad Neustadt an der Saale is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 13°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Bad Neustadt an der Saale is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-2
Feb4-2
Mar81
Apr134
May188
Jun2111
Jul2313
Aug2313
Sep189
Oct126
Nov62
Dec3-1

How hot and cold Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 -6°C (around January 27), with roughly 149 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-6-2
Feb44-6-2
Mar88-21
Apr131324
May181868
Jun21211111
Jul23231313
Aug23231313
Sep181889
Oct121236
Nov66-12
Dec33-5-1

Average hourly temperature in Bad Neustadt an der Saale

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 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

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

Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 / -2°6111.95.18.30.0
Feb / -2°4910.14.69.70.0
Mar / 5611.42.511.51.5
Apr13° / 4910.40.413.53.7
May18° / 6411.9015.25.3
Jun21° / 11°6411.7016.16.0
Jul23° / 13°7112.8015.76.4
Aug23° / 13°6310.8014.36.6
Sep18° / 559.8012.45.7
Oct12° / 5610.40.210.53.2
Nov / 5811.12.18.80.7
Dec / -1°6913.15.57.90.0

Chance of rain

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

Bad Neustadt an der Saale gets about 712 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 1.4 months, from around Dec 3 to Jan 14, peaking in December at about 44% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 14.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 71 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 49 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 24 · 44%Oct 14 · 31%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3812
Feb3610
Mar3611
Apr3410
May3912
Jun3912
Jul4013
Aug3511
Sep3410
Oct3310
Nov3811
Dec4213

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bad Neustadt an der Saale collects about 712 mm of rain across 135 wet days — roughly 59 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 71 mm, while February is the driest at just 49 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec614956496464716355565869
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan61125
Feb49105
Mar56113
Apr49100
May64120
Jun64120
Jul71130
Aug63110
Sep55100
Oct56100
Nov58112
Dec69136

Snow in Bad Neustadt an der Saale

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 Neustadt an der Saale averages about 20 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 29 to Apr 13 — about 5.5 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 20 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 74 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 21
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan518
Feb518
Mar38
Apr02
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov27
Dec620

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Bad Neustadt an der Saale, 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 26 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around September 27. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 43% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 28 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around March 25. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% 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 · 46%Nov 26 · 16%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2278
Feb2773
Mar2872
Apr3862
May3565
Jun3763
Jul4357
Aug4357
Sep3565
Oct2872
Nov1882
Dec1783

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 15, brings about 16 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 7 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.38:214:36
Feb9.77:425:25
Mar11.56:436:15
Apr13.55:347:05
May15.24:397:52
Jun16.14:148:24
Jul15.74:318:18
Aug14.35:147:32
Sep12.46:026:25
Oct10.56:515:18
Nov8.87:434:26
Dec7.98:214:10

Sunny days

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

Bad Neustadt an der Saale averages about 5 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 6.5 months, from around Mar 13 to Sep 27. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the April peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 218 daysNov 173 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
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 Neustadt an der Saale, 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 29 · 100%Jul 28 · 86%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May94510
Jun732151
Jul5832100
Aug603290
Sep871220
Oct98200
Nov100000
Dec100000

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 Neustadt an der Saale 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 22 to Apr 10. The windiest month is January, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 11 to Oct 21, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 2 · 12 km/hAug 2 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar12calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Bad Neustadt an der Saale

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 Neustadt an der Saale for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 6.9

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
Feb0.1poor
Mar1.5poor
Apr3.7fair
May5.3fair
Jun6.0good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.6good
Sep5.6good
Oct3.3poor
Nov0.7poor
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 Neustadt an der Saale for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 5.7

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 Neustadt an der Saale, 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 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°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 Neustadt an der Saale sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bad Neustadt an der Saale 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 Neustadt an der Saale peaks around July 14 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Bad Neustadt an der Saale

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
Mar2.50
Apr4.50
May70
Jun7.52.5
Jul83.5
Aug6.50
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Bad Neustadt an der Saale typically lasts about 273 days, from around March 5 to December 2 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 20 to October 20.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 550%Apr 2090%Oct 2090%Dec 250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3431
Feb3628
Mar6131
Apr8720
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct9314
Nov7130
Dec4331

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 Neustadt an der Saale banks about 892 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May90
Jun182
Jul251
Aug242
Sep113
Oct8
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 Neustadt an der Saale receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.5 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 88% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 255.5 kWhDec 210.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.7Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.6Bright
Sep3.2Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov0.9Dim
Dec0.6Dim

Where is Bad Neustadt an der Saale?

Bad Neustadt an der Saale sits at 50.3°N, 10.2°E, 235 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Kissingen, 16 km away.

Topography around Bad Neustadt an der Saale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bad Neustadt an der Saale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Neustadt an der Saale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m.

The land around Bad Neustadt an der Saale is covered by cropland (39%), grassland (21%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
614 m
80 km
867 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Bad Kissingen 16 km · Schweinfurt 30 km · Meiningen 31 km · Künzell 43 km · Petersberg 44 km · Fulda 46 km · Suhl 47 km · Schmalkalden 48 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 Neustadt an der Saale (50.3217°, 10.2067°, elevation 235 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).