Visit Bad Schandau for hiking logistics. It is one of the more useful bases for the Elbe, Saxon Switzerland trails, cliff viewpoints, and a nature-heavy Dresden side trip.
Do not arrive without checking trail closures, ferry timing, weather, and crowd pressure. The town is small, and the landscape is the real reason to be there.
Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Typical highs around 23°C, lows around 12°C. Also the wettest months.
Typical highs around 3°C, lows around -3°C.
Public holidays from Nager.Date.
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
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Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.
Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.
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