Freiburg weather in July

In July, Freiburg sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 89 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Freiburg's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Freiburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:50 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
57%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Freiburg is large city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.6 µg/m³ · 2010
Density
1,565/km²
people per km²

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 24°C through the month.

A typical July day in Freiburg reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°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 31°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 Freiburg

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.

Freiburg weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°9113.36.88.60.0
Feb / -1°7611.36.49.90.3
Mar10° / 8313.34.311.62.1
Apr14° / 7413.11.413.43.9
May19° / 10515.40.114.95.2
Jun22° / 13°8914.2015.86.0
Jul24° / 15°8913.5015.46.4
Aug24° / 14°8112.3014.16.6
Sep20° / 11°7711.3012.45.9
Oct14° / 8512.20.410.63.9
Nov / 8912.43.291.3
Dec / 10814.46.78.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35149
45149
54951
64852
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104753
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Freiburg gets around 89 mm of rain over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
244
345
446
546
647
747
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947
1046
1146
1245
1345
1444
1543
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1742
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3142

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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15731111
25632111
35632111
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95632120
105533120
115533120
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155433130
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185135140
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214837150
224737160
234638160
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254439170
264340170
274240170
284141170
294042180
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:38 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 8:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:388:26
215.84:398:25
315.84:398:25
415.74:408:25
515.74:418:25
615.74:418:24
715.74:428:24
815.74:438:23
915.74:448:23
1015.64:458:22
1115.64:458:22
1215.64:468:21
1315.64:478:20
1415.54:488:20
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1615.54:508:18
1715.44:518:17
1815.44:528:17
1915.44:538:16
2015.34:548:15
2115.34:568:14
2215.34:578:13
2315.24:588:12
2415.24:598:11
2515.25:008:09
2615.15:018:08
2715.15:038:07
2815.05:048:06
2915.05:058:04
3014.95:068:03
3114.95:088:02

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Freiburg?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Freiburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Freiburg in July

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

In July, Freiburg sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Freiburg 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 Freiburg peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 14UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Freiburg 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 Freiburg is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Freiburg's WHO annual average of 13.6 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1317 µg/m³Nov 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov10Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Freiburg?

Freiburg sits at 48.0°N, 7.9°E, 278 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Waldkirch, 14 km away.

Topography around Freiburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Freiburg has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m around an average of 318 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,159 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Freiburg is covered by trees (56%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) within 80 km.

3 km
417 m
16 km
1,159 m
80 km
1,364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Waldkirch 14 km · Emmendingen 14 km · Unterkrozingen 15 km · Müllheim 27 km · Colmar 38 km · Lahr 38 km · Schopfheim 38 km · Sélestat 42 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 Freiburg (47.9959°, 7.8522°, elevation 278 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).