Saarbrücken climate

Name: Saarbrücken
Address: DE

Saarbrücken is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.2 °C. December is the wettest month (99 mm) and April the driest (54 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Saarbrücken averages 844 mm of rain, 36 days above 25 °C and 57 days below freezing.

Germany · population 182,971 · 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 -0.2 °C
Driest month April 54 mm
Wettest month December 99 mm
Least cloud July 57 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record December -16 °C

What to expectSaarbrücken through the year

Saarbrücken has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.8 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 36 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 57 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 54 mm in April to 99 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.8 °C	81 mm	75 %
February	6.2 °C	69 mm	71 %
March	10.2 °C	70 mm	65 %
April	14.4 °C	54 mm	61 %
May	18.2 °C	70 mm	63 %
June	21.7 °C	61 mm	60 %
July	23.9 °C	62 mm	57 %
August	23.9 °C	63 mm	57 %
September	19.4 °C	66 mm	60 %
October	14.4 °C	73 mm	71 %
November	8.8 °C	76 mm	78 %
December	5.5 °C	99 mm	78 %

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	4.8 °C	-0.2 °C	2.2 °C	14.0 °C	-15.6 °C	0	0	16
February	6.2 °C	-0.1 °C	2.9 °C	17.8 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	14
March	10.2 °C	2.2 °C	6.1 °C	20.1 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	8
April	14.4 °C	5.3 °C	9.9 °C	26.0 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	2
May	18.2 °C	9.4 °C	13.9 °C	30.7 °C	0.1 °C	2	0	0
June	21.7 °C	12.7 °C	17.4 °C	34.9 °C	5.0 °C	7	1	0
July	23.9 °C	14.8 °C	19.5 °C	37.9 °C	7.8 °C	12	3	0
August	23.9 °C	14.8 °C	19.4 °C	36.2 °C	6.6 °C	12	3	0
September	19.4 °C	11.2 °C	15.2 °C	31.8 °C	3.4 °C	3	0	0
October	14.4 °C	7.8 °C	11.0 °C	24.7 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	0
November	8.8 °C	3.8 °C	6.2 °C	18.9 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	5
December	5.5 °C	0.9 °C	3.1 °C	14.8 °C	-16.5 °C	0	0	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	81 mm	13	8.7 h/day	75 %	85 %	19 km/h
February	69 mm	11	10 h/day	71 %	81 %	19 km/h
March	70 mm	11	12 h/day	65 %	77 %	19 km/h
April	54 mm	10	14 h/day	61 %	71 %	17 km/h
May	70 mm	12	15 h/day	63 %	72 %	16 km/h
June	61 mm	11	16 h/day	60 %	70 %	16 km/h
July	62 mm	10	16 h/day	57 %	67 %	16 km/h
August	63 mm	11	14 h/day	57 %	68 %	15 km/h
September	66 mm	10	13 h/day	60 %	75 %	16 km/h
October	73 mm	12	11 h/day	71 %	82 %	17 km/h
November	76 mm	12	9.1 h/day	78 %	87 %	18 km/h
December	99 mm	14	8.2 h/day	78 %	87 %	19 km/h

How Saarbrücken 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
Saarbrücken	24 °C	-0.2 °C	844 mm	36
Luxembourg · Luxembourg	22 °C	-0.9 °C	781 mm	22
Strasbourg · France	25 °C	-0.6 °C	899 mm	44
Karlsruhe · Germany	25 °C	-0.4 °C	817 mm	48

Where Saarbrücken ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	26th of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Saarbrücken’s climate

When is the best time to visit Saarbrücken?

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 Saarbrücken get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 57 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Saarbrücken?

December, averaging 99 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is April with 54 mm. The year as a whole averages 844 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 Saarbrücken 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: 49.233°, 7.010° (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.