Climate and average weather in Geislingen an der Steige

In Geislingen an der Steige, the summers are warm, wet, 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 Geislingen an der Steige typically varies from -3°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -11°C or above 29°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 Geislingen an der Steige for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-3°
Wettest
Jul
109 mm
Driest
Feb
58 mm
Rain / yr
995 mm
159 wet days
Daylight
8.1–15.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
426 m
48.6°N
Clearest
Aug
59% cloud

Geislingen an der Steige is human settlement in Geislingen an der Steige, Göppingen district, Germany.

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

Geislingen an der Steige 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 Geislingen an der Steige, 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 Geislingen an der Steige 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 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Geislingen an der Steige is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-3
Feb4-3
Mar81
Apr134
May178
Jun2011
Jul2313
Aug2213
Sep189
Oct136
Nov61
Dec3-2

How hot and cold Geislingen an der Steige 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 -8°C (around January 29), with roughly 155 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)
Jan22-7-3
Feb44-7-3
Mar88-31
Apr131314
May171768
Jun20201111
Jul22231313
Aug22221313
Sep181889
Oct121336
Nov66-21
Dec33-6-2

Average hourly temperature in Geislingen an der Steige

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 -3°C.

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

Geislingen an der Steige 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 / -3°7012.66.98.50.0
Feb / -3°5810.56.69.80.0
Mar / 7413.64.511.61.3
Apr13° / 6912.41.613.43.3
May17° / 10715.20.1154.8
Jun20° / 11°10515.4015.85.5
Jul23° / 13°10915015.56.0
Aug22° / 13°9814.1014.26.1
Sep18° / 7811.9012.45.3
Oct13° / 7612.20.410.53.2
Nov / 7211.73.290.7
Dec / -2°7813.97.48.20.0

Chance of rain

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

Geislingen an der Steige gets about 995 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 4.3 months, from around Apr 25 to Sep 2, peaking in June at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 22.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 109 mm over about 15 wet days; February is the driest, with 58 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 9 · 55%Oct 22 · 36%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4013
Feb3911
Mar4214
Apr4212
May5015
Jun5015
Jul4815
Aug4514
Sep4112
Oct3912
Nov3912
Dec4414

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Geislingen an der Steige collects about 995 mm of rain across 159 wet days — roughly 83 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 109 mm, while February is the driest at just 58 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec705874691071051099878767278
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan70137
Feb58117
Mar74145
Apr69122
May107150
Jun105150
Jul109150
Aug98140
Sep78120
Oct76120
Nov72123
Dec78147

Snow in Geislingen an der Steige

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.

Geislingen an der Steige averages about 31 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 21 to Apr 30 — about 6.3 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 28 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 130 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan728
Feb731
Mar514
Apr28
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct02
Nov317
Dec731

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Geislingen an der Steige, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 18 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around September 25. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 47% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 26 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around March 13. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 76% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 28 · 50%Nov 23 · 23%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2773
Feb2971
Mar3466
Apr3565
May3466
Jun4060
Jul4753
Aug4753
Sep3862
Oct3268
Nov2476
Dec2674

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 12, brings about 15 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.58:154:45
Feb9.87:405:31
Mar11.66:446:17
Apr13.45:387:04
May15.04:467:47
Jun15.84:248:18
Jul15.54:408:13
Aug14.25:207:30
Sep12.46:046:26
Oct10.56:505:22
Nov9.07:384:33
Dec8.28:144:20

Sunny days

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

Geislingen an der Steige averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 13 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 53% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 228 daysNov 154 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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 Geislingen an der Steige, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 9% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 1 · 100%Jul 30 · 90%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9640
Jun75214
Jul60319
Aug58357
Sep86131
Oct9910
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 Geislingen an der Steige is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 26 to Apr 12. The windiest month is December, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Oct 25, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 23 · 12 km/hAug 6 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb12calm
Mar12calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Geislingen an der Steige

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Geislingen an der Steige 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 Geislingen an der Steige 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 2 · 6.3

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
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.3poor
Apr3.3poor
May4.7fair
Jun5.5good
Jul6.0good
Aug6.1good
Sep5.3fair
Oct3.2poor
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 Geislingen an der Steige 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 1 · 4.9

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 Geislingen an der Steige, 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, Geislingen an der Steige sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Geislingen an der Steige 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 Geislingen an der Steige peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Geislingen an der Steige

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 4.5 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
Mar3.50
Apr50
May71
Jun83.5
Jul84.5
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Geislingen an der Steige typically lasts about 257 days, from around March 11 to November 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 21 to October 20.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1150%Apr 2190%Oct 2090%Nov 2250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3031
Feb3128
Mar5531
Apr8622
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct9212
Nov6330
Dec3631

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. Geislingen an der Steige banks about 837 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
Apr3
May79
Jun175
Jul239
Aug232
Sep103
Oct7
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.

Geislingen an der Steige receives about 3.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.9 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.9 kWh/m² — roughly 84% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 275.7 kWhDec 200.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb2.0Dim
Mar3.2Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.4Moderate
Oct2.1Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.9Dim

Where is Geislingen an der Steige?

Geislingen an der Steige sits at 48.6°N, 9.8°E, 426 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Eislingen, 12 km away.

Topography around Geislingen an der Steige

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Geislingen an der Steige has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m around an average of 561 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 842 m.

The land around Geislingen an der Steige is covered by trees (53%) within 3 km, trees (44%), grassland (25%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (31%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
346 m
16 km
509 m
80 km
842 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Eislingen 12 km · Göppingen 16 km · Schwäbisch Gmünd 20 km · Klingenstein 24 km · Ebersbach an der Fils 25 km · Heidenheim an der Brenz 25 km · Eselsberg 26 km · Kirchheim unter Teck 28 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 Geislingen an der Steige (48.6242°, 9.8274°, elevation 426 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).