Frankfurt am Main climate

Name: Frankfurt am Main
Address: DE

Frankfurt am Main is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.7 °C. December is the wettest month (69 mm) and April the driest (45 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Frankfurt am Main averages 675 mm of rain, 42 days above 25 °C and 66 days below freezing.

Germany · population 650,000 · 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 July 24 °C
Coldest month January -0.7 °C
Driest month April 45 mm
Wettest month December 69 mm
Least cloud August 56 % cloud
Hottest on record June 39 °C
Coldest on record January -20 °C

What to expectFrankfurt am Main through the year

Frankfurt am Main has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.5 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 42 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 66 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 45 mm in April to 69 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.5 °C	56 mm	74 %
February	6.0 °C	49 mm	70 %
March	10.2 °C	53 mm	66 %
April	14.9 °C	45 mm	59 %
May	18.8 °C	64 mm	62 %
June	22.3 °C	55 mm	60 %
July	24.5 °C	61 mm	57 %
August	24.4 °C	56 mm	56 %
September	19.9 °C	52 mm	60 %
October	14.3 °C	55 mm	69 %
November	8.5 °C	58 mm	77 %
December	5.0 °C	69 mm	77 %

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	4.5 °C	-0.7 °C	1.8 °C	14.7 °C	-19.9 °C	0	0	17
February	6.0 °C	-0.6 °C	2.6 °C	16.8 °C	-15.9 °C	0	0	16
March	10.2 °C	1.8 °C	6.0 °C	21.3 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	10
April	14.9 °C	4.9 °C	10.1 °C	27.6 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	2
May	18.8 °C	9.3 °C	14.4 °C	31.5 °C	0.7 °C	3	0	0
June	22.3 °C	12.8 °C	17.8 °C	39.4 °C	4.9 °C	8	1	0
July	24.5 °C	15.0 °C	19.9 °C	38.9 °C	7.9 °C	14	3	0
August	24.4 °C	14.8 °C	19.7 °C	37.8 °C	7.5 °C	13	4	0
September	19.9 °C	11.1 °C	15.5 °C	31.2 °C	2.3 °C	3	0	0
October	14.3 °C	7.2 °C	10.6 °C	26.5 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	1
November	8.5 °C	3.2 °C	5.8 °C	20.9 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	6
December	5.0 °C	0.3 °C	2.6 °C	14.1 °C	-15.1 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	56 mm	12	8.5 h/day	74 %	83 %	17 km/h
February	49 mm	10	10 h/day	70 %	79 %	17 km/h
March	53 mm	11	12 h/day	66 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	45 mm	9	14 h/day	59 %	70 %	16 km/h
May	64 mm	10	15 h/day	62 %	69 %	15 km/h
June	55 mm	10	16 h/day	60 %	68 %	15 km/h
July	61 mm	11	16 h/day	57 %	66 %	15 km/h
August	56 mm	9	15 h/day	56 %	67 %	14 km/h
September	52 mm	9	13 h/day	60 %	73 %	14 km/h
October	55 mm	11	11 h/day	69 %	81 %	15 km/h
November	58 mm	11	9.0 h/day	77 %	86 %	15 km/h
December	69 mm	14	8.1 h/day	77 %	86 %	17 km/h

How Frankfurt am Main 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
Frankfurt am Main	24 °C	-0.7 °C	675 mm	42
Darmstadt · Germany	24 °C	-0.5 °C	801 mm	40
Wiesbaden · Germany	24 °C	-0.01 °C	668 mm	41
Mannheim · Germany	25 °C	-0.7 °C	717 mm	46

Where Frankfurt am Main ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	29th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	31st of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	32nd of 50	88/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Frankfurt am Main.

QuestionsCommon questions about Frankfurt am Main’s climate

When is the best time to visit Frankfurt am Main?

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, July is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Frankfurt am Main get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 66 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Frankfurt am Main?

December, averaging 69 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is April with 45 mm. The year as a whole averages 675 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 Frankfurt am Main 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: 50.116°, 8.684° (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.