Karlovy Vary weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Karlovy Vary is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with July and August close behind. Karlovy Vary averages about 1,521 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 73 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

1,521

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

662 mm

Snow / year

≈79 cm

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

46k

Elevation

601 m

When is the best time to visit Karlovy Vary?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Karlovy Vary is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Karlovy Vary?

Karlovy Vary isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,521 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate June (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 6 destinations in Czechia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,539 hours. The year's 662 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Prague Czechia · 96 km · best in Sep · 1,536 h sun/yr
• Dresden Germany · 120 km · best in Sep · 1,502 h sun/yr
• Leipzig Germany · 144 km · best in Jun · 1,503 h sun/yr
• Nuremberg Germany · 153 km · best in Sep · 1,662 h sun/yr
• Munich Germany · 221 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
• Berlin Germany · 243 km · best in Sep · 1,450 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Erfurt Germany · 163 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• České Budějovice Czechia · 177 km · 1,722 h sun/yr · best in Sep