Climate of Zugspitze, Germany

ET

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: ET — Polar, tundra.

Elevation: 2826 m · 47.42°N, 10.99°E

Zugspitze has a mean annual temperature of -1.3 °C and receives 1895 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 7.6 °C, while January is the coldest month at -9.8 °C. Most precipitation falls in August (219 mm); the driest month is February (114 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Zugspitze: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue line, right axis, mm), 1991–2020. Yellow areas mark arid periods, light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (> 100 mm/month, compressed scale). -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 300 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C), the blue line monthly precipitation (right axis, mm). Yellow areas mark arid periods (temperature above precipitation), light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (above 100 mm/month, shown on a compressed 1:10 scale). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

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Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-9.8131.7
February-9.0113.8
March-6.1149.9
April-2.6139.8
May2.0180.8
June5.7213.5
July7.6217.8
August7.4219.1
September3.6149.4
October-0.2120.2
November-5.3125.1
December-8.8134.0
Year-1.31895.0

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (47.42°, 10.99°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.