Climate and average weather in Schopfheim

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

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Schopfheim 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 Schopfheim for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Dec
117 mm
Driest
Feb
81 mm
Rain / yr
1131 mm
159 wet days
Daylight
8.2–15.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
376 m
47.7°N
Clearest
Aug
56% cloud

Schopfheim is main district of the town of the same name.

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

Schopfheim 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 Schopfheim, 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 26 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Schopfheim 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 Schopfheim is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 4°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)
Jan4-1
Feb5-1
Mar102
Apr145
May189
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep1910
Oct147
Nov83
Dec50

How hot and cold Schopfheim 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 129 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)
Jan44-4-1
Feb55-4-1
Mar1010-12
Apr141435
May181889
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep19191010
Oct141457
Nov8803
Dec55-30

Average hourly temperature in Schopfheim

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

Schopfheim 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°9713.87.18.70.0
Feb / -1°8111.76.69.90.2
Mar10° / 9013.84.511.62.1
Apr14° / 8313.21.413.33.8
May18° / 11415.60.114.95.0
Jun22° / 12°9614.2015.76.0
Jul24° / 14°9313.5015.46.5
Aug24° / 14°8812.1014.16.6
Sep19° / 10°8211.5012.45.8
Oct14° / 9112.60.410.63.8
Nov / 9812.83.39.11.2
Dec / -0°11714.678.30.0

Chance of rain

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

Schopfheim gets about 1131 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 2.0 months, from around Apr 20 to Jun 19, peaking in May at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 20.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 117 mm over about 15 wet days; February is the driest, with 81 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 6 · 55%Aug 20 · 37%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4414
Feb4312
Mar4314
Apr4513
May5116
Jun4714
Jul4314
Aug3912
Sep3912
Oct4013
Nov4313
Dec4715

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Schopfheim collects about 1131 mm of rain across 159 wet days — roughly 94 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 117 mm, while February is the driest at just 81 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec97819083114969388829198117
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan97147
Feb81127
Mar90145
Apr83131
May114160
Jun96140
Jul93140
Aug88120
Sep82120
Oct91130
Nov98133
Dec117157

Snow in Schopfheim

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.

Schopfheim averages about 30 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 26 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 123 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan726
Feb731
Mar514
Apr17
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov315
Dec729

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Schopfheim, 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 June 10 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around September 23. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 52% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 24 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around March 9. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 70% 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 27 · 54%Dec 31 · 29%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3169
Feb3466
Mar3961
Apr3961
May3565
Jun4456
Jul5248
Aug5149
Sep4159
Oct3466
Nov3070
Dec3070

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 15 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.78:194:57
Feb9.97:455:41
Mar11.66:516:26
Apr13.35:477:10
May14.94:587:52
Jun15.74:368:22
Jul15.44:528:17
Aug14.15:307:36
Sep12.46:136:33
Oct10.66:565:31
Nov9.17:434:45
Dec8.38:184:32

Sunny days

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

Schopfheim averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Jun 16 to Sep 27. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 5 sunny days — about 46% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 2710 daysNov 155 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul10Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Mixed
Oct6Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

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 Schopfheim, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around May 31 to September 7. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 8 to May 30, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 26 · 100%Jul 31 · 81%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92810
Jun652591
Jul4936150
Aug4739140
Sep782020
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.

Wind in Schopfheim is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeDec 21 · 10 km/hAug 7 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec9calm

Best time to visit Schopfheim

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 17 · 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
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.1poor
Apr3.8fair
May5.0fair
Jun6.0good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.6good
Sep5.8good
Oct3.8fair
Nov1.3poor
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 Schopfheim for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 5.8

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

UV index (midday) in Schopfheim 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 Schopfheim peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Schopfheim

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
Apr5.50
May7.52.5
Jun84
Jul84.5
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct10
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Schopfheim by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Schopfheim 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).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 1315 µg/m³Nov 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Schopfheim typically lasts about 286 days, from around February 28 to December 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to November 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2850%Apr 1490%Nov 490%Dec 1050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3931
Feb4128
Mar6831
Apr9115
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov7627
Dec4931

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. Schopfheim banks about 1,058 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
May112
Jun213
Jul281
Aug273
Sep143
Oct25
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.

Schopfheim receives about 3.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.9 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 83% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 265.8 kWhDec 210.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.2Dim
Feb2.0Moderate
Mar3.3Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.5Moderate
Oct2.2Moderate
Nov1.3Dim
Dec0.9Dim

Where is Schopfheim?

Schopfheim sits at 47.7°N, 7.8°E, 376 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rheinfelden, 10 km away.

Topography around Schopfheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schopfheim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 449 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 973 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,727 m.

The land around Schopfheim is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
267 m
16 km
973 m
80 km
1,727 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Rheinfelden 10 km · Lörrach 12 km · Bad Säckingen 14 km · Riehen 15 km · Weil am Rhein 16 km · Muttenz 19 km · Saint-Louis 21 km · Basel 21 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 Schopfheim (47.651°, 7.8209°, elevation 376 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).