THE OVERVIEW
Read Karlovy Vary through medical tourism, labour, German and Czech population change, glassmaking, film culture and the economics of a spa landscape rather than through wellness claims alone.
YEAR AT A GLANCE
The weather rhythm in Karlovy Vary.
Climate averages, not a forecast. Current conditions still need checking before travel.
- Jan0.4° / -5.6°41.5 mm rain
- Feb2.3° / -4.9°33.2 mm rain
- Mar7.3° / -1.6°42.2 mm rain
- Apr13° / 2.1°37.3 mm rain
- May17.7° / 6.7°61.9 mm rain
- Jun21.5° / 10.6°75.6 mm rain
- Jul24.1° / 12.7°77.6 mm rain
- Aug24.2° / 12.5°71.7 mm rain
- Sep19.1° / 8.2°54.2 mm rain
- Oct12.9° / 3.7°47.4 mm rain
- Nov5.8° / -0.4°46.5 mm rain
- Dec1.1° / -4.1°48.6 mm rain
Average daily high, low and rainfall: NASA POWER Daily API, Karlovy Vary destination coordinates (50.2319, 12.8719), 1991 to 2020
area
Spa centre
Colonnades, heritage and core visitor services Slopes, crowds and variable historic access
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West End
Grand hotels, villas and quieter streets Steep gradients and higher costs
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Tuhnice
Rail, practical services and everyday city life Less spa atmosphere
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Drahovice
Residential perspective and hillside views Bus dependence and gradients
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Imperial Spa
Interpret medical architecture, class, service labour and the politics of health tourism within the restored complex.
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Moser Glassworks
Factory history brings skilled labour, global luxury markets and industrial change into a destination usually framed through leisure.
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German, Czech and Jewish Karlovy Vary route
A qualified guide should cover multilingual civic life, Nazism, the Holocaust, post-war expulsion and later migration.
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Karlovy Vary Museum
Use regional collections to establish German-speaking Carlsbad, spa labour, war, expulsion and socialist-era tourism.
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Spa landscape and medical claims
Use the colonnades to discuss water infrastructure, regulation, care work and the difference between heritage ritual and evidence-based treatment.
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Karlovy Vary railway station
rail
Regional rail serves the upper town; local buses or taxis reach the steep spa valley.
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Václav Havel Airport Prague
airport
The main practical international gateway, followed by road or bus transfer.
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United Kingdom FCDO
Recheck entry, health, security and disruption before travel.
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Karlovy Vary climate normals
Verified 1991 to 2020 monthly averages
NASA POWER's complete 1991 to 2020 daily series at Karlovy Vary's canonical coordinate shows average daily highs from 0.4°C to 24.2°C, lows from -5.6°C to 12.7°C and average monthly rainfall from 33.2 mm to 77.6 mm. These are historical gridded estimates, not a forecast.
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Hotels to consider
A considered starting point, not a statement of availability or a booking recommendation.
Hotel Prezident
Spa centre · Considered editorial option
Spa centre, Czechia
A modern medical-spa hotel near the central colonnades. Any treatment suitability and accessibility must be confirmed clinically and directly. Editorial suggestion only. Not inspected or affiliated.
Hotel CORSO
Spa centre · Considered editorial option
Spa centre, Czechia
A smaller contemporary option within the historic walking zone. Street gradients and compact hotel spaces need checking. Editorial suggestion only. Not inspected or affiliated.
Grandhotel Pupp
Spa centre west · Considered editorial option
Spa centre west, Czechia
A landmark option useful for reading the city’s film and spa history. Its large heritage complex requires exact room and route confirmation. Editorial suggestion only. Not inspected or affiliated.
ORIENTATION
A sense of place
Every marker uses coordinates supplied by the published Desk guide.
AT A GLANCE
Practical notes
- Typical stay
- Shape the stay around a coherent route and the required transfer time.
- When to consider
- Keep the route coherent and protect recovery time. Check festivals, museum works, transport disruption and seasonal opening before confirmation.
- Climate
- NASA POWER historical data at the destination coordinates provide a complete 1991 to 2020 daily series aggregated into 12 calendar-month normals. Average daily highs range from 0.4°C to 24.2°C, lows from -5.6°C to 12.7°C and average monthly rainfall from 33.2 mm to 77.6 mm. These are historical gridded estimates, not a forecast.
- Getting around
- Václav Havel Airport Prague: The main practical international gateway, followed by road or bus transfer. Karlovy Vary railway station: Regional rail serves the upper town; local buses or taxis reach the steep spa valley.
- Worth preparing for
- Confirm exact room, bathroom, transport and attraction access before booking. Use qualified interpretation for occupation, genocide, displacement, migration, labour, collecting and contested memory. Recheck weather, closures, rail or flight operation and official advice. Recheck entry, health, security and disruption before travel. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/czechia
Sources and credits
- Karlovy Vary official tourism · Official tourism authority · Karlovy Vary official tourism
- Grandhotel Pupp official website · Grandhotel Pupp · Grandhotel Pupp official website
- Hotel Prezident official website · Hotel Prezident · Hotel Prezident official website
- Hotel CORSO official website · Hotel CORSO · Hotel CORSO official website
- Karlovy Vary Museum official information · Karlovy Vary Museum · Karlovy Vary Museum official information
- Imperial Spa official information · Imperial Spa · Imperial Spa official information
- Moser Glassworks official information · Moser Glassworks · Moser Glassworks official information
- German, Czech and Jewish Karlovy Vary route official information · German, Czech and Jewish Karlovy Vary route · German, Czech and Jewish Karlovy Vary route official information
- Spa landscape and medical claims official information · Spa landscape and medical claims · Spa landscape and medical claims official information
- Václav Havel Airport Prague official information · Václav Havel Airport Prague · Václav Havel Airport Prague official information
- Karlovy Vary railway station official information · Karlovy Vary railway station · Karlovy Vary railway station official information
- Czechia travel advice · UK FCDO · Czechia travel advice
- NASA POWER daily climate series, 1991 to 2020 · NASA POWER · NASA POWER daily gridded estimates at the destination coordinates; complete 1991 to 2020 daily maximum, minimum and corrected precipitation series aggregated into 12 calendar-month normals; raw response checksum ecbde1808d929b27a459ebdf15fd2c904bd4ca062d74c72ff1fe1b8ed21cf141 verified 2026-09-23
Guide last reviewed 23 September 2026.