Donaueschingen weather in July

In July, Donaueschingen sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 138 mm of rain across 16.7 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Donaueschingen's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donaueschingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:48 AM – 8:15 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Donaueschingen is human settlement in Germany.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Donaueschingen reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°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 Donaueschingen

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.

Donaueschingen weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°8712.98.68.60.0
Feb / -3°74117.69.90.0
Mar / 8713.75.811.61.1
Apr12° / 8714.22.913.42.9
May16° / 13317.50.314.94.3
Jun20° / 11°12616.7015.75.2
Jul22° / 13°13816.7015.45.7
Aug21° / 12°12415.5014.15.8
Sep17° / 9312.50.112.45.0
Oct12° / 9112.70.910.63.0
Nov / 8312.34.390.6
Dec / -2°10013.78.18.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34555
44456
54456
64357
74357
84258
94357
104357
114357
124456
134456
144555
154555
164555
174654
184753
194753
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224951
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315050

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Donaueschingen gets around 138 mm of rain over 16.7 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
152
253
353
454
555
655
756
856
956
1056
1155
1255
1355
1455
1554
1654
1754
1854
1953
2053
2153
2253
2352
2452
2552
2652
2752
2852
2952
3052
3152

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 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
167267
267267
366277
466277
566277
666277
766277
867276
967276
1067276
1167276
1266286
1366286
1465296
1565296
1664306
1763316
1862326
1961336
2060346
2159356
2258366
2357376
2456386
2555396
2655396
2753407
2853407
2953407
3051418
3151418

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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139calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:36 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:368:23
215.84:368:23
315.84:378:22
415.74:388:22
515.74:388:22
615.74:398:21
715.74:408:21
815.74:418:21
915.64:418:20
1015.64:428:20
1115.64:438:19
1215.64:448:18
1315.54:458:18
1415.54:468:17
1515.54:478:16
1615.54:488:15
1715.44:498:15
1815.44:508:14
1915.44:518:13
2015.34:528:12
2115.34:538:11
2215.34:548:10
2315.24:558:09
2415.24:578:08
2515.14:588:07
2615.14:598:05
2715.15:008:04
2815.05:018:03
2915.05:038:02
3014.95:048:00
3114.95:057:59

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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275.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Donaueschingen?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Donaueschingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Donaueschingen in July

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

In July, Donaueschingen sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Donaueschingen in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Donaueschingen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Donaueschingen in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Donaueschingen is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1215 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Donaueschingen?

Donaueschingen sits at 48.0°N, 8.5°E, 701 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Villingen-Schwenningen, 12 km away.

Topography around Donaueschingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donaueschingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 705 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,350 m.

The land around Donaueschingen is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (26%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
172 m
16 km
557 m
80 km
1,350 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Villingen-Schwenningen 12 km · Trossingen 17 km · Tuttlingen 24 km · Rottweil 26 km · Schaffhausen 30 km · Schramberg 31 km · Singen 34 km · Stockach 40 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 Donaueschingen (47.9551°, 8.4971°, elevation 701 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).