Erlangen weather in July

In July, Erlangen sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°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 hours at the start of July to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Erlangen's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Erlangen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:31 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Erlangen is main settlement of Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Germany.

Air quality
Good
PM10 21.4 µg/m³ · 2010

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 25°C by the end.

A typical July day in Erlangen 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 18°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)
12313
22313
32313
42313
52313
62313
72313
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102314
112314
122314
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How July really feels in Erlangen

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.

Erlangen 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 / -2°6212.25.38.40.0
Feb / -2°50104.79.80.1
Mar / 6212.22.611.51.7
Apr14° / 4810.60.513.44.0
May19° / 7212.2015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°7312.40166.1
Jul24° / 14°7712.8015.66.5
Aug24° / 13°6911.3014.26.7
Sep19° / 10°619.8012.45.9
Oct13° / 6211.20.210.53.5
Nov / 6310.82.18.90.8
Dec / -1°6913.55.380.0

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 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34654
44753
54654
64555
74456
84456
94456
104357
114357
124357
134456
144456
154357
164258
174357
184456
194456
204456
214555
224654
234753
244753
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274951
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304951
314951

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Erlangen gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
139
239
340
441
542
642
743
843
944
1044
1144
1244
1344
1444
1543
1643
1742
1842
1941
2041
2140
2240
2339
2439
2538
2638
2738
2838
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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
163298
263298
362308
462308
561318
661318
760319
859329
959329
1059329
1159329
12593110
13593110
14583111
15583111
16583111
17573112
18563212
19563212
20543313
21543313
22533413
23523513
24523513
25513613
26513613
27493713
28493813
29483813
30483913
31484013

Wind in July

Winds average 10 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
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours 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 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:18 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.04:188:20
216.04:198:20
316.04:208:20
416.04:208:19
516.04:218:19
615.94:228:19
715.94:238:18
815.94:238:18
915.94:248:17
1015.94:258:17
1115.84:268:16
1215.84:278:15
1315.84:288:15
1415.74:298:14
1515.74:308:13
1615.74:318:12
1715.74:328:11
1815.64:338:10
1915.64:348:09
2015.54:368:08
2115.54:378:07
2215.54:388:06
2315.44:398:05
2415.44:408:04
2515.34:428:03
2615.34:438:01
2715.34:448:00
2815.24:467:59
2915.24:477:57
3015.14:487:56
3115.14:507:55

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
25.6Bright
35.6Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.5Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
125.4Bright
135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.4Bright
165.3Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Erlangen?

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
5.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Erlangen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Erlangen in July

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

In July, Erlangen 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 Erlangen 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 Erlangen 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 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 Erlangen?

Erlangen sits at 49.6°N, 11.0°E, 290 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Herzogenaurach, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Erlangen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Erlangen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 293 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 876 m.

The land around Erlangen is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
309 m
80 km
876 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Herzogenaurach 9.0 km · Fürth 13 km · Forchheim 15 km · Nuremberg 16 km · Zirndorf 17 km · Oberasbach 19 km · Lauf an der Pegnitz 22 km · Wendelstein 28 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 Erlangen (49.591°, 11.0078°, elevation 290 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).