Erfurt climate

Name: Erfurt
Address: DE

Erfurt is warmest in August, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.8 °C. July is the wettest month (71 mm) and February the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Erfurt averages 625 mm of rain, 29 days above 25 °C and 80 days below freezing.

Germany · population 218,793 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 23 °C
Coldest month January -1.8 °C
Driest month February 36 mm
Wettest month July 71 mm
Least cloud August 59 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record December -21 °C

What to expectErfurt through the year

Erfurt has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.3 °C in January to 23 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 29 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 80 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 36 mm in February to 71 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.3 °C	44 mm	75 %
February	4.8 °C	36 mm	73 %
March	8.7 °C	48 mm	71 %
April	13.7 °C	42 mm	62 %
May	17.7 °C	63 mm	64 %
June	20.9 °C	59 mm	63 %
July	23.1 °C	71 mm	60 %
August	23.1 °C	60 mm	59 %
September	18.7 °C	53 mm	64 %
October	13.4 °C	49 mm	71 %
November	7.7 °C	50 mm	78 %
December	4.1 °C	50 mm	79 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.3 °C	-1.8 °C	0.8 °C	14.7 °C	-20.1 °C	0	0	18
February	4.8 °C	-1.6 °C	1.6 °C	15.8 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	17
March	8.7 °C	0.5 °C	4.6 °C	21.8 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	14
April	13.7 °C	3.8 °C	9.0 °C	26.5 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	5
May	17.7 °C	8.2 °C	13.3 °C	30.2 °C	-0.7 °C	2	0	0
June	20.9 °C	11.7 °C	16.6 °C	35.4 °C	2.4 °C	5	1	0
July	23.1 °C	14.0 °C	18.8 °C	36.1 °C	6.7 °C	10	2	0
August	23.1 °C	13.8 °C	18.7 °C	35.3 °C	6.2 °C	10	2	0
September	18.7 °C	10.2 °C	14.5 °C	30.4 °C	2.3 °C	3	0	0
October	13.4 °C	6.4 °C	9.8 °C	25.7 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	2
November	7.7 °C	2.4 °C	5.0 °C	19.6 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	8
December	4.1 °C	-0.4 °C	1.8 °C	13.9 °C	-21.5 °C	0	0	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	44 mm	11	8.4 h/day	75 %	83 %	19 km/h
February	36 mm	9	10.0 h/day	73 %	80 %	19 km/h
March	48 mm	11	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	19 km/h
April	42 mm	9	14 h/day	62 %	72 %	17 km/h
May	63 mm	11	16 h/day	64 %	72 %	16 km/h
June	59 mm	11	17 h/day	63 %	72 %	16 km/h
July	71 mm	12	16 h/day	60 %	70 %	16 km/h
August	60 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	70 %	15 km/h
September	53 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	75 %	16 km/h
October	49 mm	10	11 h/day	71 %	81 %	17 km/h
November	50 mm	10	8.9 h/day	78 %	86 %	17 km/h
December	50 mm	12	8.0 h/day	79 %	85 %	19 km/h

How Erfurt compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Erfurt	23 °C	-1.8 °C	625 mm	29
Halle (Saale) · Germany	24 °C	-1.2 °C	562 mm	35
Leipzig · Germany	24 °C	-1.4 °C	639 mm	37
Kassel · Germany	23 °C	-0.8 °C	737 mm	25

Where Erfurt ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	46th of 50	87/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	47th of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Erfurt.

QuestionsCommon questions about Erfurt’s climate

When is the best time to visit Erfurt?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Erfurt get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 80 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Erfurt?

July, averaging 71 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 625 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Erfurt rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 50.977°, 11.035° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.