Climate and average weather in Freising

In Freising, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Freising typically varies from -2°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 32°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Freising for warm-weather activities is from early May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Jul
106 mm
Driest
Feb
49 mm
Rain / yr
903 mm
147 wet days
Daylight
8.1–15.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
448 m
48.4°N
Clearest
Aug
57% cloud

Freising weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Freising, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 23 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Freising is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Freising is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 3°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3-2
Feb5-1
Mar102
Apr145
May199
Jun2213
Jul2415
Aug2414
Sep1910
Oct146
Nov72
Dec4-1

How hot and cold Freising really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -6°C (around January 30), with roughly 138 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33-6-2
Feb55-6-1
Mar1010-22
Apr141435
May191989
Jun22221313
Jul24241415
Aug24241414
Sep19191010
Oct141446
Nov77-12
Dec44-4-1

Average hourly temperature in Freising

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Freising weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6111.45.88.60.0
Feb / -2°4910.44.99.90.1
Mar10° / 6412.22.811.61.9
Apr14° / 59110.913.44.1
May19° / 10015.10155.4
Jun22° / 13°10014.2015.86.0
Jul24° / 15°10614015.56.3
Aug24° / 14°10013.5014.16.4
Sep19° / 10°7511.2012.45.8
Oct14° / 64110.210.63.7
Nov / 6110.52.591.0
Dec / -1°6512.95.78.20.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Freising gets about 903 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around Apr 25 to Sep 9, peaking in June at about 50% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 21.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 106 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 49 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 7 · 50%Oct 21 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3810
Mar3912
Apr3811
May4815
Jun4814
Jul4514
Aug4314
Sep3811
Oct3511
Nov3511
Dec4213

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Freising collects about 903 mm of rain across 147 wet days — roughly 75 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 106 mm, while February is the driest at just 49 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6149645910010010610075646165
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan61116
Feb49105
Mar64123
Apr59111
May100150
Jun100140
Jul106140
Aug100140
Sep75110
Oct64110
Nov61113
Dec65136

Snow in Freising

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Freising averages about 23 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 28 to Apr 27 — about 6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 21 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 88 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 25
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan621
Feb522
Mar38
Apr15
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov311
Dec619

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Freising, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 17 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around September 23. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 50% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 24 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around March 31. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 74% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 53%Nov 15 · 25%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3268
Feb3169
Mar3565
Apr3961
May3862
Jun4357
Jul5050
Aug5050
Sep4159
Oct3466
Nov2674
Dec2872

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 15 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 8 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.68:074:38
Feb9.97:315:24
Mar11.66:366:09
Apr13.45:316:56
May15.04:397:39
Jun15.84:178:09
Jul15.54:338:04
Aug14.15:137:22
Sep12.45:576:18
Oct10.66:425:15
Nov9.07:304:27
Dec8.28:054:13

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Freising averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 11 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 55% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 1510 daysNov 144 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Freising, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 5 to September 8. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 17% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 9 to June 4, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 27 · 100%Jul 27 · 80%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9360
Jun65278
Jul483517
Aug464015
Sep79192
Oct9820
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Freising is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 29 to Apr 15. The windiest month is March, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 16 to Oct 28, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 12 · 12 km/hAug 6 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb12calm
Mar12calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Freising

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Freising throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Freising is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Freising for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 6.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.2poor
Mar2.0poor
Apr4.1fair
May5.3fair
Jun6.0good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.4good
Sep5.8good
Oct3.8fair
Nov1.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Freising for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 31 · 5.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Freising, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

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

UV index (midday) in Freising by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Freising peaks around July 11 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Freising

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar3.50
Apr5.50
May72
Jun8.54.5
Jul84.5
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Freising by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Freising is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1615 µg/m³Nov 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Freising typically lasts about 277 days, from around March 3 to December 4 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 9 to November 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 350%Apr 990%Nov 190%Dec 450%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3531
Feb3828
Mar6831
Apr939
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct960
Nov7429
Dec4431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Freising banks about 1,099 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr17
May128
Jun223
Jul289
Aug281
Sep142
Oct20
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Freising receives about 3.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.9 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.9 kWh/m² — roughly 84% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 275.7 kWhDec 210.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb2.0Dim
Mar3.2Moderate
Apr4.7Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.7Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.4Moderate
Oct2.1Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.9Dim

Where is Freising?

Freising sits at 48.4°N, 11.7°E, 448 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neufahrn bei Freising, 12 km away.

Topography around Freising

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Freising has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,453 m.

The land around Freising is covered by trees (41%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
1,453 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Neufahrn bei Freising 12 km · Moosburg 16 km · Erding 16 km · Garching 19 km · Unterschleißheim 19 km · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm 23 km · Karlsfeld 28 km · Dachau 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 Freising (48.4035°, 11.7488°, elevation 448 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).