Wiesbaden climate
Wiesbaden is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.01 °C. December is the wettest month (65 mm) and February the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Wiesbaden averages 668 mm of rain, 41 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.
Germany · population 288,850 · 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 -0.01 °C
- Driest month February 44 mm
- Wettest month December 65 mm
- Least cloud August 56 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 39 °C
- Coldest on record January -19 °C
What to expectWiesbaden through the year
Wiesbaden has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.7 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 41 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 54 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 44 mm in February to 65 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7 °C | 51 mm | 76 % |
| February | 6.2 °C | 44 mm | 71 % |
| March | 10.4 °C | 50 mm | 66 % |
| April | 15.0 °C | 46 mm | 60 % |
| May | 18.8 °C | 63 mm | 63 % |
| June | 22.3 °C | 59 mm | 60 % |
| July | 24.4 °C | 64 mm | 58 % |
| August | 24.3 °C | 60 mm | 56 % |
| September | 19.9 °C | 55 mm | 61 % |
| October | 14.4 °C | 57 mm | 71 % |
| November | 8.8 °C | 55 mm | 79 % |
| December | 5.3 °C | 65 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 | 4.7 °C | -0.0 °C | 2.3 °C | 14.4 °C | -18.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| February | 6.2 °C | 0.1 °C | 3.0 °C | 16.7 °C | -13.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| March | 10.4 °C | 2.4 °C | 6.3 °C | 20.9 °C | -16.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| April | 15.0 °C | 5.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 27.6 °C | -4.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 18.8 °C | 9.9 °C | 14.6 °C | 32.2 °C | 1.2 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.3 °C | 13.3 °C | 18.0 °C | 37.7 °C | 4.8 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 24.4 °C | 15.5 °C | 20.1 °C | 39.1 °C | 9.0 °C | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 24.3 °C | 15.3 °C | 19.9 °C | 38.0 °C | 8.3 °C | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 19.9 °C | 11.8 °C | 15.8 °C | 31.6 °C | 4.7 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 14.4 °C | 7.8 °C | 11.0 °C | 25.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 8.8 °C | 4.0 °C | 6.3 °C | 20.5 °C | -6.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 5.3 °C | 1.0 °C | 3.1 °C | 14.1 °C | -16.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51 mm | 11 | 8.6 h/day | 76 % | 85 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 44 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 71 % | 81 % | 17 km/h |
| March | 50 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 77 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 46 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 60 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 63 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 59 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 60 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 64 mm | 11 | 16 h/day | 58 % | 68 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 60 mm | 10 | 15 h/day | 56 % | 69 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 55 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 57 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 71 % | 83 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 55 mm | 11 | 9.0 h/day | 79 % | 88 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 65 mm | 13 | 8.1 h/day | 79 % | 88 % | 16 km/h |
Where Wiesbaden ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in June | 42ndof 50 | 90/100 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Wiesbaden’s climate
When is the best time to visit Wiesbaden?
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 Wiesbaden 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 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -0.01 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Wiesbaden?
December, averaging 65 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 668 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 Wiesbaden 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
- 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.