Schmalkalden weather in April

In April, Schmalkalden sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Schmalkalden's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Schmalkalden's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:32 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

← March Schmalkalden year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Schmalkalden reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	14	4
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	15	5
29	15	6
30	15	6

How April really feels in Schmalkalden

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 13 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Schmalkalden weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	64	13.3	7.4	8.3	0.0
Feb	3° / -3°	51	10.4	6.4	9.7	0.0
Mar	7° / 0°	63	13.2	4.6	11.5	0.9
Apr	12° / 3°	57	11.7	1.1	13.5	3.1
May	16° / 7°	82	13.4	0.1	15.2	4.7
Jun	20° / 11°	80	13.6	0	16.2	5.5
Jul	22° / 13°	89	14.3	0	15.8	5.9
Aug	21° / 12°	81	12.9	0	14.3	6.1
Sep	17° / 9°	64	11	0	12.4	5.1
Oct	12° / 5°	61	11.8	0.3	10.4	2.8
Nov	6° / 2°	62	11.7	3.4	8.7	0.5
Dec	2° / -2°	68	14.2	6.9	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	32	32	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	36	37	37	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	40	39	38	37	37	36	36
Cloudier (%)	68	68	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	64	63	63	61	61	61	60	60	61	61	60	61	62	63	63	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Schmalkalden gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43
Snow chance (%)	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	8
2	38	8
3	38	7
4	38	7
5	38	6
6	38	6
7	38	5
8	38	5
9	38	5
10	38	5
11	38	4
12	37	4
13	37	4
14	37	4
15	37	4
16	37	4
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	3
21	39	3
22	39	2
23	40	2
24	40	2
25	41	2
26	41	2
27	42	2
28	42	1
29	42	1
30	43	1

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:04
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:06	6:40
2	12.6	6:03	6:42
3	12.7	6:01	6:43
4	12.8	5:59	6:45
5	12.8	5:57	6:47
6	12.9	5:54	6:48
7	13.0	5:52	6:50
8	13.0	5:50	6:52
9	13.1	5:48	6:53
10	13.2	5:45	6:55
11	13.2	5:43	6:57
12	13.3	5:41	6:58
13	13.4	5:39	7:00
14	13.4	5:36	7:01
15	13.5	5:34	7:03
16	13.5	5:32	7:05
17	13.6	5:30	7:06
18	13.7	5:28	7:08
19	13.7	5:26	7:10
20	13.8	5:24	7:11
21	13.9	5:22	7:13
22	13.9	5:19	7:15
23	14.0	5:17	7:16
24	14.0	5:15	7:18
25	14.1	5:13	7:19
26	14.2	5:11	7:21
27	14.2	5:09	7:23
28	14.3	5:07	7:24
29	14.3	5:05	7:26
30	14.4	5:04	7:28

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Schmalkalden?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Schmalkalden.

What to pack for Schmalkalden in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Schmalkalden sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Schmalkalden in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Schmalkalden peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	6	7	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Schmalkalden in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Schmalkalden is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	14	15	14	15	12	13	12	10	9	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Schmalkalden?

Schmalkalden sits at 50.7°N, 10.4°E, 291 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Meiningen, 17 km away.

Topography around Schmalkalden

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schmalkalden has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 m around an average of 379 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 678 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m.

The land around Schmalkalden is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

259 m

trees 58%

16 km

678 m

trees 69%

80 km

858 m

trees 48%

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← March Schmalkalden year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Meiningen 17 km · Bad Salzungen 18 km · Suhl 22 km · Eisenach 30 km · Gotha 31 km · Ilmenau 34 km · Arnstadt 38 km · Bad Langensalza 45 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

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 Schmalkalden (50.7214°, 10.4439°, elevation 291 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	14	4
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	15	5
29	15	6
30	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	8
2	38	8
3	38	7
4	38	7
5	38	6
6	38	6
7	38	5
8	38	5
9	38	5
10	38	5
11	38	4
12	37	4
13	37	4
14	37	4
15	37	4
16	37	4
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	3
21	39	3
22	39	2
23	40	2
24	40	2
25	41	2
26	41	2
27	42	2
28	42	1
29	42	1
30	43	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	14	4
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	15	5
29	15	6
30	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	8
2	38	8
3	38	7
4	38	7
5	38	6
6	38	6
7	38	5
8	38	5
9	38	5
10	38	5
11	38	4
12	37	4
13	37	4
14	37	4
15	37	4
16	37	4
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	3
21	39	3
22	39	2
23	40	2
24	40	2
25	41	2
26	41	2
27	42	2
28	42	1
29	42	1
30	43	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	14	4
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	15	5
29	15	6
30	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	8
2	38	8
3	38	7
4	38	7
5	38	6
6	38	6
7	38	5
8	38	5
9	38	5
10	38	5
11	38	4
12	37	4
13	37	4
14	37	4
15	37	4
16	37	4
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	3
21	39	3
22	39	2
23	40	2
24	40	2
25	41	2
26	41	2
27	42	2
28	42	1
29	42	1
30	43	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1