diff --git a/scheduler.py b/scheduler.py
index 00a5fda..03b8d6d 100644
--- a/scheduler.py
+++ b/scheduler.py
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ class Scheduler:
     def _poll_screen(self, screen_id: str) -> tuple[str, object, bool]:
         cache = self._caches[screen_id]
         screen = self.screens[screen_id]
+        settings = self.config.get_screen_settings(screen_id)
         checked = False
-        if cache.is_stale(screen.poll_interval):
+        if cache.is_stale(screen.get_poll_interval(settings)):
             cache.state = self._check(screen_id)
             cache.checked_at = time.time()
             checked = True
diff --git a/screens/base.py b/screens/base.py
index f7e4c99..7d55050 100644
--- a/screens/base.py
+++ b/screens/base.py
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ class Screen(ABC):
         """Settings this screen needs, with defaults, merged under config.json's
         settings[self.id] on first run."""
         return {}
+
+    def get_poll_interval(self, settings: dict) -> int:
+        """Seconds between check() calls. Override to make it configurable
+        via settings (e.g. a user-facing "update every N minutes" field);
+        defaults to the fixed class-level poll_interval."""
+        return self.poll_interval
diff --git a/screens/weather.py b/screens/weather.py
index f5ec06f..743070b 100644
--- a/screens/weather.py
+++ b/screens/weather.py
@@ -22,10 +22,21 @@ WEEKDAY_ABBR_DE = ["Mo", "Di", "Mi", "Do", "Fr", "Sa", "So"]
 class WeatherScreen(Screen):
     id = "weather"
     display_name = "Weather"
-    poll_interval = 1800  # 30 minutes -- weather doesn't need to be fresher
+    poll_interval = 1800  # fallback default (30 min) if settings has no update_minutes yet
 
     def default_settings(self) -> dict:
-        return {"city": "", "latitude": None, "longitude": None, "forecast_days": 3}
+        return {"city": "", "latitude": None, "longitude": None, "forecast_days": 3, "update_minutes": 30}
+
+    def get_poll_interval(self, settings: dict) -> int:
+        raw = settings.get("update_minutes")
+        try:
+            # `raw or 30` would also catch a legitimate 0 (falsy) and silently
+            # replace it with 30 instead of clamping to the 1-minute floor
+            # below -- only fall back to the default when it's genuinely unset.
+            minutes = int(raw) if raw is not None else 30
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            minutes = 30
+        return max(1, minutes) * 60
 
     def geocode(self, city: str):
         """Resolve a city name to coordinates via Open-Meteo's free geocoding
diff --git a/web/app.py b/web/app.py
index 106af70..3328f77 100644
--- a/web/app.py
+++ b/web/app.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def create_app(config, screens: dict, scheduler) -> Flask:
             forecast_days = int(request.form.get("forecast_days", 3) or 3)
             if forecast_days not in (3, 5, 7):
                 forecast_days = 3
+            update_minutes = max(1, int(request.form.get("update_minutes", 30) or 30))
 
             if city:
                 try:
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ def create_app(config, screens: dict, scheduler) -> Flask:
                         "latitude": result["latitude"],
                         "longitude": result["longitude"],
                         "forecast_days": forecast_days,
+                        "update_minutes": update_minutes,
                     })
                     return redirect(url_for("settings_weather", saved=1))
             else:
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ def create_app(config, screens: dict, scheduler) -> Flask:
                     "latitude": float(lat_raw) if lat_raw else None,
                     "longitude": float(lon_raw) if lon_raw else None,
                     "forecast_days": forecast_days,
+                    "update_minutes": update_minutes,
                 })
                 return redirect(url_for("settings_weather", saved=1))
 
diff --git a/web/templates/settings_weather.html b/web/templates/settings_weather.html
index eeb0c00..ba98486 100644
--- a/web/templates/settings_weather.html
+++ b/web/templates/settings_weather.html
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
         <option value="7" {{ "selected" if settings.forecast_days == 7 }}>7 days</option>
       </select>
     </div>
+    <div class="field">
+      <label for="update_minutes">Update every (minutes)</label>
+      <input type="number" id="update_minutes" name="update_minutes" min="1" value="{{ settings.update_minutes or 30 }}">
+      <p class="hint">Weather itself only refreshes the panel when something actually changed, so a shorter interval here mostly just means fresher data, not more flashing.</p>
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   <div class="card">