Freiburg climate

Name: Freiburg
Address: DE

Freiburg is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.3 °C. December is the wettest month (106 mm) and February the driest (75 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Freiburg averages 1,045 mm of rain, 43 days above 25 °C and 65 days below freezing.

Germany · 278 m elevation · population 237,460 · 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 -1.3 °C
Driest month February 75 mm
Wettest month December 106 mm
Least cloud July 55 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record February -20 °C

What to expectFreiburg through the year

Freiburg has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 43 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 65 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 75 mm in February to 106 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.2 °C	89 mm	68 %
February	6.5 °C	75 mm	66 %
March	10.7 °C	82 mm	62 %
April	15.0 °C	76 mm	62 %
May	18.8 °C	105 mm	64 %
June	22.3 °C	87 mm	60 %
July	24.4 °C	91 mm	55 %
August	24.3 °C	82 mm	55 %
September	19.9 °C	77 mm	59 %
October	15.3 °C	85 mm	67 %
November	9.3 °C	89 mm	71 %
December	5.9 °C	106 mm	71 %

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	5.2 °C	-1.3 °C	1.8 °C	16.4 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	18
February	6.5 °C	-1.2 °C	2.5 °C	17.8 °C	-20.1 °C	0	0	15
March	10.7 °C	1.9 °C	6.2 °C	21.4 °C	-15.1 °C	0	0	9
April	15.0 °C	5.4 °C	10.3 °C	28.2 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
May	18.8 °C	9.7 °C	14.5 °C	30.8 °C	0.2 °C	3	0	0
June	22.3 °C	13.3 °C	18.0 °C	33.4 °C	4.1 °C	9	1	0
July	24.4 °C	15.3 °C	20.0 °C	35.7 °C	7.9 °C	14	3	0
August	24.3 °C	15.4 °C	19.9 °C	35.8 °C	7.6 °C	14	3	0
September	19.9 °C	11.5 °C	15.7 °C	30.0 °C	3.9 °C	4	0	0
October	15.3 °C	7.8 °C	11.3 °C	25.9 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
November	9.3 °C	3.0 °C	6.0 °C	21.5 °C	-13.0 °C	0	0	6
December	5.9 °C	0.1 °C	2.8 °C	15.7 °C	-18.7 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	89 mm	13	8.8 h/day	68 %	84 %	14 km/h
February	75 mm	11	10 h/day	66 %	80 %	14 km/h
March	82 mm	13	12 h/day	62 %	77 %	14 km/h
April	76 mm	13	14 h/day	62 %	74 %	13 km/h
May	105 mm	15	15 h/day	64 %	75 %	13 km/h
June	87 mm	14	16 h/day	60 %	74 %	12 km/h
July	91 mm	13	16 h/day	55 %	72 %	12 km/h
August	82 mm	12	14 h/day	55 %	73 %	11 km/h
September	77 mm	11	13 h/day	59 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	85 mm	12	11 h/day	67 %	82 %	12 km/h
November	89 mm	12	9.3 h/day	71 %	86 %	12 km/h
December	106 mm	14	8.4 h/day	71 %	85 %	14 km/h

How Freiburg 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
Freiburg	24 °C	-1.3 °C	1,045 mm	43
Basel · Switzerland	25 °C	-1.6 °C	1,181 mm	44
Strasbourg · France	25 °C	-0.6 °C	899 mm	44
Zürich · Switzerland	23 °C	-2.0 °C	1,379 mm	31

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Freiburg’s climate

When is the best time to visit Freiburg?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Freiburg get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 8 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 -1.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 65 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Freiburg?

December, averaging 106 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is February with 75 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,045 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 Freiburg 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: 47.996°, 7.852° , 278 m above sea level (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.