Stuttgart climate
Stuttgart is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -1.5 °C. May is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (55 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Stuttgart averages 823 mm of rain, 39 days above 25 °C and 76 days below freezing.
Germany · population 612,663 · 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 24 °C
- Coldest month February -1.5 °C
- Driest month April 55 mm
- Wettest month May 86 mm
- Least cloud August 55 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 36 °C
- Coldest on record March -24 °C
What to expectStuttgart through the year
Stuttgart has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.3 °C in February to 24 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 39 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 76 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 55 mm in April to 86 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9 °C | 64 mm | 71 % |
| February | 6.3 °C | 55 mm | 68 % |
| March | 10.4 °C | 67 mm | 65 % |
| April | 14.8 °C | 55 mm | 61 % |
| May | 18.6 °C | 86 mm | 63 % |
| June | 22.0 °C | 78 mm | 60 % |
| July | 24.0 °C | 80 mm | 56 % |
| August | 24.1 °C | 70 mm | 55 % |
| September | 19.6 °C | 64 mm | 60 % |
| October | 14.9 °C | 67 mm | 69 % |
| November | 9.0 °C | 66 mm | 74 % |
| December | 5.4 °C | 73 mm | 73 % |
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 | 4.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 1.6 °C | 16.0 °C | -17.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| February | 6.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 2.2 °C | 17.7 °C | -18.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| March | 10.4 °C | 1.2 °C | 5.8 °C | 22.4 °C | -24.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| April | 14.8 °C | 4.5 °C | 9.9 °C | 28.4 °C | -4.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 18.6 °C | 8.9 °C | 14.1 °C | 30.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.0 °C | 12.4 °C | 17.5 °C | 34.0 °C | 5.2 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 24.0 °C | 14.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 35.6 °C | 8.1 °C | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 24.1 °C | 14.4 °C | 19.4 °C | 36.2 °C | 6.4 °C | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 19.6 °C | 10.7 °C | 15.1 °C | 30.2 °C | 2.3 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 14.9 °C | 7.0 °C | 10.7 °C | 25.9 °C | -3.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 9.0 °C | 2.6 °C | 5.6 °C | 20.9 °C | -11.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| December | 5.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 2.5 °C | 15.4 °C | -17.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 mm | 12 | 8.7 h/day | 71 % | 82 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 55 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 68 % | 78 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 67 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 75 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 55 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 71 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 86 mm | 14 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 78 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 60 % | 72 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 80 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 56 % | 70 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 70 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 55 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 64 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 60 % | 75 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 67 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 69 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| November | 66 mm | 11 | 9.2 h/day | 74 % | 84 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 73 mm | 13 | 8.3 h/day | 73 % | 84 % | 16 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Stuttgart.
QuestionsCommon questions about Stuttgart’s climate
When is the best time to visit Stuttgart?
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 April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Stuttgart get?
In August, 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 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -1.5 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 76 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Stuttgart?
May, averaging 86 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is April with 55 mm. The year as a whole averages 823 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 Stuttgart 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
- 48.782°, 9.177° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.