Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Weather Score #

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Most cities experience comfortable temperatures between June and September. Frankfurt has the highest maximum average temperature in July and August, reaching up to 26.0C. Munich stands out as the coldest city during winter, with temperatures dropping to -0.9C in January.
Most cities have similar winter temperatures with averages between 0.0C and 4.0C. All cities have discomfort temperatures (too cold) in January and February.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	4.8°C	5.1°C	4.1°C	5.1°C	6.4°C	5.7°C	6.2°C	5.1°C	5.8°C	6.2°C
Feb	6.5°C	7.6°C	6.8°C	6.5°C	8.8°C	7.9°C	8.5°C	6.9°C	7.8°C	8.2°C
Mar	10.0°C	10.8°C	10.3°C	9.5°C	11.8°C	11.5°C	11.8°C	10.1°C	11.1°C	11.5°C
Apr	14.5°C	14.1°C	13.7°C	12.8°C	15.0°C	15.1°C	14.9°C	13.7°C	14.2°C	14.6°C
May	19.1°C	17.8°C	17.6°C	17.5°C	19.1°C	19.3°C	19.0°C	17.9°C	18.5°C	18.9°C
Jun	24.8°C	23.5°C	23.0°C	22.1°C	23.9°C	24.7°C	23.8°C	23.6°C	23.3°C	23.6°C
Jul	24.9°C	24.8°C	24.1°C	22.4°C	24.6°C	25.8°C	24.3°C	24.5°C	23.8°C	24.1°C
Aug	25.8°C	25.1°C	24.1°C	23.4°C	25.4°C	26.1°C	25.1°C	25.4°C	24.7°C	25.0°C
Sep	21.2°C	20.6°C	19.3°C	19.6°C	21.4°C	21.6°C	21.3°C	21.0°C	20.9°C	21.1°C
Oct	15.7°C	16.2°C	15.4°C	14.6°C	16.5°C	16.2°C	16.4°C	16.0°C	15.9°C	16.2°C
Nov	8.9°C	9.2°C	8.3°C	8.6°C	10.4°C	9.5°C	10.4°C	9.2°C	9.9°C	10.1°C
Dec	5.3°C	5.7°C	4.7°C	5.6°C	7.3°C	6.1°C	7.2°C	5.7°C	6.7°C	7.1°C
Average	15.1°C	15.9°C	15.2°C	15.7°C	15.5°C	15.8°C	14.0°C	14.9°C	14.3°C	15.0°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	1.0°C	0.3°C	-1.0°C	1.1°C	2.2°C	1.8°C	2.4°C	0.9°C	2.1°C	2.4°C
Feb	1.1°C	1.1°C	0.2°C	1.3°C	3.0°C	2.4°C	3.2°C	1.0°C	2.7°C	3.0°C
Mar	2.7°C	2.5°C	2.0°C	2.2°C	4.2°C	3.9°C	4.7°C	2.4°C	4.1°C	4.4°C
Apr	5.7°C	4.8°C	4.4°C	4.1°C	6.1°C	6.2°C	6.6°C	4.8°C	5.9°C	6.3°C
May	9.8°C	8.6°C	8.3°C	8.1°C	9.8°C	10.2°C	10.2°C	8.8°C	9.7°C	10.0°C
Jun	15.0°C	13.2°C	13.1°C	12.2°C	14.1°C	14.9°C	14.5°C	13.8°C	14.1°C	14.3°C
Jul	16.0°C	14.7°C	14.4°C	13.3°C	15.4°C	16.3°C	15.7°C	15.0°C	15.4°C	15.5°C
Aug	17.1°C	15.3°C	14.7°C	14.3°C	16.3°C	17.2°C	16.8°C	16.1°C	16.4°C	16.7°C
Sep	13.0°C	11.2°C	10.6°C	11.3°C	12.7°C	13.1°C	13.5°C	12.1°C	13.1°C	13.3°C
Oct	9.5°C	8.2°C	7.5°C	8.6°C	9.8°C	9.7°C	10.4°C	8.9°C	10.1°C	10.4°C
Nov	4.5°C	3.5°C	2.5°C	4.4°C	5.4°C	4.9°C	5.9°C	4.1°C	5.5°C	5.8°C
Dec	1.7°C	1.2°C	-0.1°C	2.1°C	3.4°C	2.5°C	3.7°C	1.7°C	3.3°C	3.6°C
Average	8.1°C	8.5°C	8.5°C	9.0°C	8.8°C	8.6°C	6.9°C	7.5°C	6.4°C	7.1°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

In general, Stuttgart and Frankfurt enjoy the highest total sun hours during the summer months, with Stuttgart peaking at 7.6 hours in July, compared to Frankfurt’s 7.6 hours.
Conversely, cities like Hamburg and Berlin experience the least sun hours particularly in January and December, with as low as 0.9 hours in Hamburg in December, showcasing a trend of lower sunlight in the northern cities during winter months.
Precipitation levels also vary widely, with Dortmund showing higher precipitation levels than most cities, particularly in March (4.08mm), whereas Stuttgart maintains relatively low precipitation year-round, particularly in the summer months.
Overall, cities in southern Germany like Stuttgart exhibit more favorable weather conditions with more sun and less precipitation when compared to northern cities such as Hamburg and Berlin.

Sunny Weather

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	1.4 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	2.1 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	1.9 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.5 hours/day
Feb	2.5 hours/day	3.2 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	3.2 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	2.7 hours/day
Mar	3.8 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	3.8 hours/day
Apr	4.5 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	4.3 hours/day
May	4.8 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.7 hours/day
Jun	6.4 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	5.7 hours/day
Jul	5.5 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	5.0 hours/day
Aug	5.2 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	5.2 hours/day
Sep	5.4 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.8 hours/day
Oct	3.2 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	2.8 hours/day
Nov	2.1 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	2.2 hours/day
Dec	1.1 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	1.2 hours/day	1.3 hours/day
Average	3.8 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.5 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	1.9mm	2.7mm	3.1mm	2.5mm	3.4mm	2.7mm	3.0mm	1.7mm	3.3mm	3.0mm
Feb	1.8mm	2.2mm	2.2mm	2.4mm	2.9mm	2.0mm	2.8mm	1.8mm	3.1mm	2.9mm
Mar	1.6mm	2.2mm	2.1mm	2.1mm	2.6mm	2.0mm	2.3mm	1.5mm	3.0mm	2.2mm
Apr	1.1mm	2.2mm	2.3mm	1.8mm	1.9mm	1.6mm	2.0mm	1.1mm	2.1mm	1.9mm
May	1.1mm	2.8mm	4.3mm	2.2mm	2.4mm	2.2mm	2.3mm	1.7mm	2.6mm	2.2mm
Jun	2.2mm	3.0mm	4.0mm	2.4mm	2.5mm	2.2mm	2.7mm	2.1mm	2.9mm	2.5mm
Jul	2.6mm	2.5mm	3.7mm	2.5mm	3.0mm	2.0mm	3.0mm	1.9mm	3.2mm	2.8mm
Aug	2.2mm	3.2mm	4.5mm	2.4mm	2.7mm	2.0mm	2.4mm	2.3mm	2.8mm	2.2mm
Sep	1.5mm	1.9mm	2.8mm	2.1mm	2.5mm	1.9mm	2.6mm	1.6mm	2.7mm	2.5mm
Oct	1.7mm	2.0mm	2.4mm	2.5mm	3.0mm	2.0mm	3.1mm	1.6mm	2.9mm	2.8mm
Nov	1.7mm	2.2mm	2.5mm	2.1mm	2.5mm	2.0mm	2.6mm	1.5mm	2.7mm	2.5mm
Dec	1.7mm	2.8mm	3.2mm	2.6mm	3.4mm	2.6mm	3.3mm	1.9mm	3.3mm	3.2mm
Average	1.8mm	2.7mm	2.9mm	2.7mm	2.6mm	2.1mm	2.3mm	1.7mm	3.1mm	2.5mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	20.5km/h	15.4km/h	18.8km/h	21.0km/h	17.9km/h	16.1km/h	18.6km/h	22.7km/h	18.8km/h	19.2km/h
Feb	19.8km/h	15.8km/h	18.9km/h	20.7km/h	19.4km/h	16.7km/h	20.0km/h	22.4km/h	19.8km/h	20.2km/h
Mar	18.4km/h	15.6km/h	18.4km/h	19.3km/h	17.7km/h	16.0km/h	18.2km/h	20.1km/h	17.6km/h	18.2km/h
Apr	18.8km/h	14.4km/h	16.7km/h	19.1km/h	16.2km/h	15.3km/h	17.0km/h	19.3km/h	16.8km/h	17.3km/h
May	18.4km/h	13.4km/h	15.4km/h	18.5km/h	15.0km/h	14.2km/h	15.8km/h	17.8km/h	15.4km/h	16.0km/h
Jun	17.2km/h	12.2km/h	15.0km/h	17.2km/h	14.8km/h	13.9km/h	15.7km/h	16.6km/h	15.4km/h	15.9km/h
Jul	16.8km/h	12.2km/h	14.2km/h	17.6km/h	15.0km/h	13.6km/h	15.4km/h	17.2km/h	14.9km/h	15.5km/h
Aug	15.9km/h	11.3km/h	13.3km/h	15.9km/h	13.9km/h	12.6km/h	14.9km/h	16.5km/h	14.4km/h	14.8km/h
Sep	16.4km/h	11.4km/h	13.7km/h	16.5km/h	13.8km/h	12.6km/h	14.8km/h	17.0km/h	14.1km/h	14.6km/h
Oct	18.7km/h	12.3km/h	14.4km/h	18.7km/h	16.1km/h	14.0km/h	17.4km/h	20.0km/h	17.3km/h	17.6km/h
Nov	17.3km/h	12.7km/h	15.2km/h	17.4km/h	15.9km/h	13.8km/h	16.9km/h	18.9km/h	16.4km/h	16.9km/h
Dec	18.4km/h	14.4km/h	17.2km/h	19.3km/h	17.6km/h	15.0km/h	18.8km/h	20.8km/h	18.9km/h	19.2km/h
Average	18.1km/h	16.1km/h	16.7km/h	17.0km/h	17.1km/h	14.5km/h	18.4km/h	19.1km/h	15.9km/h	13.4km/h

Humidity

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	81.2%	81.7%	82.3%	85.3%	80.3%	78.9%	79.9%	80.8%	80.5%	80.3%
Feb	76.4%	76.4%	76.7%	81.8%	72.9%	72.6%	72.4%	76.5%	73.5%	73.4%
Mar	69.1%	73.0%	73.1%	76.2%	68.3%	67.9%	66.6%	72.6%	67.9%	67.6%
Apr	64.7%	73.6%	74.7%	74.9%	66.9%	65.8%	64.7%	72.8%	67.1%	65.8%
May	63.9%	77.0%	78.2%	76.9%	70.0%	69.3%	67.7%	76.4%	69.3%	68.4%
Jun	61.1%	75.2%	77.0%	75.9%	67.3%	66.3%	65.4%	71.8%	66.5%	66.1%
Jul	61.1%	70.1%	74.3%	75.4%	63.9%	61.6%	62.9%	66.3%	63.6%	63.8%
Aug	59.1%	70.5%	76.0%	73.5%	62.7%	61.4%	60.2%	64.1%	60.8%	60.8%
Sep	61.4%	73.5%	79.0%	75.2%	66.1%	64.5%	63.4%	66.3%	63.8%	63.8%
Oct	71.6%	77.6%	79.6%	82.0%	74.1%	73.5%	72.4%	74.0%	73.1%	73.0%
Nov	78.5%	80.8%	82.0%	85.4%	78.1%	78.2%	76.8%	78.1%	77.5%	77.5%
Dec	83.1%	82.9%	83.0%	87.7%	81.0%	81.8%	80.8%	82.2%	80.8%	81.1%
Average	69.3%	71.0%	70.4%	69.4%	70.1%	70.2%	79.2%	73.5%	78.0%	76.0%

Daylight Hours #

Berlin experiences the earliest sunrise in June at 04:44, contrasting with the latest sunrise in December at 08:09, revealing the significant seasonal variation.
Dortmund enjoys the longest day length in June (16 hours and 33 minutes) compared with the shortest day in December (7 hours and 55 minutes), similar to most cities listed, underscoring the drastic changes in daylight throughout the year.
Interestingly, Hamburg has the shortest day at 07:34 in December and the longest day length at 16:57 in June, indicating notable latitude effects on sunlight exposure.
Overall, while cities show varying times for sunrise and sunset, the pattern of long summer days and short winter days is consistently reflected across all locations.

Sunrise Time

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	8:07	8:08	7:57	8:25	8:26	8:16	8:28	8:06	8:26	8:28
Feb	7:22	7:31	7:20	7:38	7:44	7:36	7:46	7:24	7:44	7:46
Mar	6:24	6:40	6:30	6:38	6:49	6:42	6:50	6:28	6:47	6:49
Apr	6:08	6:32	6:23	6:20	6:37	6:32	6:37	6:15	6:34	6:36
May	5:11	5:42	5:35	5:19	5:43	5:39	5:43	5:20	5:38	5:40
Jun	4:45	5:22	5:14	4:52	5:20	5:17	5:19	4:56	5:14	5:17
Jul	5:04	5:38	5:31	5:13	5:38	5:35	5:37	5:14	5:33	5:35
Aug	5:51	6:17	6:10	6:01	6:21	6:16	6:21	5:58	6:17	6:19
Sep	6:41	7:01	6:51	6:54	7:08	7:02	7:09	6:46	7:06	7:08
Oct	7:29	7:40	7:29	7:44	7:52	7:44	7:53	7:31	7:51	7:52
Nov	7:29	7:32	7:21	7:47	7:49	7:39	7:50	7:29	7:49	7:50
Dec	8:10	8:08	7:56	8:29	8:27	8:17	8:29	8:08	8:28	8:29
Average	6:36	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:54	6:48	6:36	6:42	6:54

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	16:25	16:56	16:49	16:33	16:57	16:53	16:57	16:34	16:53	16:55
Feb	17:19	17:44	17:35	17:30	17:49	17:43	17:49	17:26	17:45	17:47
Mar	18:18	18:35	18:26	18:31	18:44	18:37	18:44	18:22	18:42	18:44
Apr	20:06	20:16	20:05	20:22	20:28	20:20	20:29	20:08	20:28	20:29
May	20:57	20:59	20:47	21:16	21:16	21:06	21:18	20:56	21:17	21:18
Jun	21:30	21:27	21:14	21:50	21:47	21:36	21:49	21:27	21:48	21:49
Jul	21:20	21:19	21:07	21:39	21:38	21:27	21:40	21:18	21:38	21:40
Aug	20:29	20:36	20:25	20:46	20:50	20:41	20:52	20:29	20:50	20:52
Sep	19:20	19:35	19:25	19:35	19:45	19:38	19:46	19:24	19:44	19:45
Oct	18:05	18:27	18:18	18:16	18:33	18:27	18:33	18:11	18:30	18:32
Nov	16:14	16:44	16:36	16:23	16:46	16:41	16:45	16:23	16:41	16:43
Dec	15:55	16:29	16:22	16:02	16:28	16:25	16:28	16:05	16:23	16:25
Average	18:48	19:18	19:12	19:18	19:12	19:06	19:06	18:54	18:54	19:06

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Berlin	Stuttgart	Munich	Hamburg	Cologne	Frankfurt	Dusseldorf	Leipzig	Dortmund	Essen
Jan	8:17 hours	8:48 hours	8:52 hours	8:08 hours	8:31 hours	8:38 hours	8:29 hours	8:28 hours	8:26 hours	8:27 hours
Feb	9:57 hours	10:13 hours	10:15 hours	9:52 hours	10:04 hours	10:07 hours	10:03 hours	10:02 hours	10:01 hours	10:01 hours
Mar	11:18 hours	11:35 hours	11:26 hours	11:31 hours	11:44 hours	11:37 hours	11:44 hours	11:22 hours	11:42 hours	11:44 hours
Apr	13:06 hours	13:16 hours	13:05 hours	13:22 hours	13:28 hours	13:20 hours	13:29 hours	13:08 hours	13:28 hours	13:29 hours
May	13:57 hours	13:59 hours	13:47 hours	14:16 hours	14:16 hours	14:06 hours	14:18 hours	13:56 hours	14:17 hours	14:18 hours
Jun	14:30 hours	14:27 hours	14:14 hours	14:50 hours	14:47 hours	14:36 hours	14:49 hours	14:27 hours	14:48 hours	14:49 hours
Jul	14:20 hours	14:19 hours	14:07 hours	14:39 hours	14:38 hours	14:27 hours	14:40 hours	14:18 hours	14:38 hours	14:40 hours
Aug	13:29 hours	13:36 hours	13:25 hours	13:46 hours	13:50 hours	13:41 hours	13:52 hours	13:29 hours	13:50 hours	13:52 hours
Sep	12:20 hours	12:35 hours	12:25 hours	12:35 hours	12:37 hours	12:36 hours	12:37 hours	12:24 hours	12:38 hours	12:37 hours
Oct	10:36 hours	10:47 hours	10:49 hours	10:32 hours	10:41 hours	10:43 hours	10:40 hours	10:40 hours	10:39 hours	10:40 hours
Nov	8:45 hours	9:11 hours	9:15 hours	8:37 hours	8:57 hours	9:02 hours	8:55 hours	8:54 hours	8:53 hours	8:53 hours
Dec	7:45 hours	8:21 hours	8:26 hours	7:34 hours	8:01 hours	8:08 hours	7:58 hours	7:57 hours	7:55 hours	7:56 hours
Average	11:30 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:36 hours	11:36 hours	11:42 hours	11:48 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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