Climate and average weather in Schönebeck

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

Best: early May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Schönebeck typically varies from -1°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 32°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 Schönebeck for warm-weather activities is from early May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Jul
70 mm
Driest
Feb
34 mm
Rain / yr
582 mm
123 wet days
Daylight
7.5–16.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
53 m
52.0°N
Clearest
Aug
62% cloud

Schönebeck 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 early May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Schönebeck, 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 25 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Schönebeck is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 16 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Schönebeck 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 10°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-1
Feb50
Mar92
Apr145
May199
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep1911
Oct147
Nov83
Dec40

How hot and cold Schönebeck 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 29), with roughly 140 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-5-1
Feb55-50
Mar99-22
Apr141425
May191979
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep19191011
Oct141447
Nov8803
Dec44-40

Average hourly temperature in Schönebeck

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

Schönebeck 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°4511.138.10.0
Feb / -1°349.53.29.60.1
Mar / 4410.81.711.51.7
Apr14° / 358.60.213.64.2
May19° / 5710.3015.45.9
Jun22° / 12°5310.1016.46.4
Jul24° / 14°7011.90166.6
Aug24° / 14°5710.5014.46.7
Sep19° / 11°528.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 459.6010.43.9
Nov / 4410.10.98.61.2
Dec / 4711.72.97.60.0

Chance of rain

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

Schönebeck gets about 582 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 Jun 18 to Jul 31, peaking in July at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 22.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 70 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 34 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 7 · 40%Apr 22 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3511
Feb3510
Mar3411
Apr299
May3310
Jun3510
Jul3812
Aug3411
Sep319
Oct3110
Nov3310
Dec3712

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Schönebeck collects about 582 mm of rain across 123 wet days — roughly 48 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 70 mm, while February is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec453444355753705752454447
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan45113
Feb34103
Mar44112
Apr3590
May57100
Jun53100
Jul70120
Aug57110
Sep5290
Oct45100
Nov44101
Dec47123

Snow in Schönebeck

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.

Schönebeck averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 11 to Apr 5 — about 4.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 38 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 15
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan37
Feb310
Mar27
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov12
Dec310

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Schönebeck, 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 March 27 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around September 30. 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 October 21 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around March 26. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 79% 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 · 48%Dec 10 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2575
Feb2575
Mar2971
Apr3961
May3862
Jun3763
Jul4159
Aug4357
Sep3664
Oct3169
Nov2377
Dec2179

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 16, brings about 16 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 7 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 9 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.18:224:23
Feb9.67:405:15
Mar11.56:386:08
Apr13.65:257:02
May15.44:267:52
Jun16.43:598:27
Jul16.04:178:20
Aug14.45:037:31
Sep12.45:566:19
Oct10.46:485:09
Nov8.67:444:13
Dec7.68:233:55

Sunny days

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

Schönebeck 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 2.7 months, from around Mar 25 to Jun 13. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 47% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 238 daysNov 153 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
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 Schönebeck, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 12% 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 23 · 100%Aug 1 · 86%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92610
Jun742061
Jul5632121
Aug5731120
Sep841420
Oct97300
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 Schönebeck is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Oct 19 to Apr 4. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 5 to Oct 18, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 5 · 14 km/hAug 1 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12calm
Nov12light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Schönebeck

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, Schönebeck 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 Schönebeck for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 5 · 6.8

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
Mar1.7poor
Apr4.2fair
May5.9good
Jun6.4good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.7good
Sep6.0good
Oct3.9fair
Nov1.2poor
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 Schönebeck for hot-weather activities is from early July 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 Schönebeck, 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, Schönebeck sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Schönebeck 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 Schönebeck peaks around June 22 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Schönebeck

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 1.5 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
Mar0.50
Apr3.50
May6.50
Jun7.51.5
Jul7.50.5
Aug60
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Schönebeck typically lasts about 302 days, from around February 24 to December 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to November 3.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2450%Apr 1490%Nov 390%Dec 2250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4431
Feb4628
Mar6731
Apr9015
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct952
Nov7830
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. Schönebeck banks about 1,054 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
Apr12
May114
Jun205
Jul282
Aug275
Sep146
Oct21
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.

Schönebeck receives about 3.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.6 kWh/m² — roughly 89% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 105.4 kWhDec 210.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.8Dim
Feb1.5Dim
Mar2.7Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.5Bright
Sep3.0Moderate
Oct1.8Dim
Nov0.9Dim
Dec0.6Dim

Where is Schönebeck?

Schönebeck sits at 52.0°N, 11.7°E, 53 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Magdeburg, 14 km away.

Topography around Schönebeck

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schönebeck has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Schönebeck is covered by grassland (26%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Magdeburg 14 km · Neue Neustadt 16 km · Staßfurt 21 km · Bernburg 25 km · Zerbst 25 km · Burg bei Magdeburg 30 km · Köthen 34 km · Aschersleben 34 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 Schönebeck (52.0168°, 11.7307°, elevation 53 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).