Bamberg weather in July

In July, Bamberg sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 78 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bamberg's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bamberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:30 AM – 8:14 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Bamberg is main settlement of Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Bamberg reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Bamberg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bamberg weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°7113.45.78.40.0
Feb / -1°5510.35.19.70.1
Mar / 6412.52.411.51.6
Apr14° / 4910.70.413.53.9
May18° / 6812.4015.15.5
Jun21° / 12°7112.10166.1
Jul24° / 14°7812.7015.76.5
Aug23° / 13°6911.5014.36.6
Sep19° / 10°6310.2012.45.7
Oct13° / 6411.50.110.53.4
Nov / 6711.62.38.80.8
Dec / -1°80145.980.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44456
54456
64456
74258
84159
94159
104159
114159
124159
134060
144060
154060
164159
174159
184159
194258
204258
214357
224357
234456
244555
254654
264654
274753
284753
294753
304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bamberg gets around 78 mm of rain over 12.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
340
441
542
643
744
844
945
1045
1145
1244
1344
1444
1543
1643
1742
1841
1941
2040
2139
2239
2338
2438
2538
2637
2737
2837
2937
3037
3137

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
165296
264306
364306
464306
563316
662317
762317
862317
961318
1061318
1161318
1260319
1360319
14583210
15583210
16573211
17573211
18553312
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20533413
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22523513
23513514
24513514
25503614
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Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
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219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
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269calm
279calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:17 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 7:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.14:178:22
216.14:188:22
316.04:198:22
416.04:198:21
516.04:208:21
616.04:218:20
716.04:228:20
816.04:228:20
915.94:238:19
1015.94:248:18
1115.94:258:18
1215.94:268:17
1315.84:278:16
1415.84:288:16
1515.84:298:15
1615.74:308:14
1715.74:318:13
1815.74:328:12
1915.64:348:11
2015.64:358:10
2115.54:368:09
2215.54:378:08
2315.54:388:07
2415.44:408:05
2515.44:418:04
2615.34:428:03
2715.34:448:02
2815.34:458:00
2915.24:467:59
3015.24:487:57
3115.14:497:56

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.5Bright
35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
85.4Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
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205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bamberg?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bamberg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bamberg in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Bamberg sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bamberg in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bamberg peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bamberg?

Bamberg sits at 49.9°N, 10.9°E, 243 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Forchheim, 23 km away.

Topography around Bamberg

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bamberg.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bamberg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 388 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 888 m.

The land around Bamberg is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
162 m
16 km
388 m
80 km
888 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Forchheim 23 km · Lichtenfels 30 km · Erlangen 35 km · Herzogenaurach 37 km · Coburg 40 km · Kulmbach 45 km · Fürth 47 km · Bayreuth 49 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bamberg (49.8987°, 10.9007°, elevation 243 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).