Climate and average weather in Regensburg

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

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Regensburg typically varies from -3°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -11°C or above 31°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 Regensburg for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-3°
Wettest
Jul
94 mm
Driest
Feb
44 mm
Rain / yr
790 mm
139 wet days
Daylight
8.0–16.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
341 m
49.0°N
Clearest
Aug
57% cloud

Regensburg is main settlement of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Germany.

Air quality
Good
PM10 19.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Regensburg 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 mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from May 22 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Regensburg is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°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 Regensburg is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 2°C.

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

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-3
Feb4-2
Mar91
Apr144
May199
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep1910
Oct136
Nov72
Dec3-1

How hot and cold Regensburg 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 -7°C (around January 29), with roughly 147 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)
Jan22-7-3
Feb44-6-2
Mar99-31
Apr141424
May191979
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep1919910
Oct131346
Nov77-12
Dec33-5-1

Average hourly temperature in Regensburg

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 -3°C.

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

Regensburg 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 / -3°5511.15.68.50.0
Feb / -2°449.64.69.80.1
Mar / 5811.72.511.61.7
Apr14° / 4910.30.613.44.0
May19° / 8313.30155.5
Jun22° / 12°8613.3015.96.1
Jul24° / 14°9413.7015.66.4
Aug24° / 14°8412.2014.26.6
Sep19° / 10°6410.7012.45.8
Oct13° / 5810.60.310.53.6
Nov / 5510.22.48.90.8
Dec / -1°5911.95.38.10.0

Chance of rain

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

Regensburg gets about 790 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 27 to Sep 10, peaking in June at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 17.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 94 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 44 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 9 · 47%Oct 17 · 32%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3511
Feb3510
Mar3712
Apr3510
May4313
Jun4413
Jul4414
Aug4012
Sep3711
Oct3311
Nov3410
Dec3912

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Regensburg collects about 790 mm of rain across 139 wet days — roughly 66 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 94 mm, while February is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec554458498386948464585559
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan55116
Feb44105
Mar58123
Apr49101
May83130
Jun86130
Jul94140
Aug84120
Sep64110
Oct58110
Nov55102
Dec59125

Snow in Regensburg

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.

Regensburg averages about 21 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 24 to Apr 20 — about 5.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 19 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 78 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 24
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan619
Feb520
Mar38
Apr13
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov29
Dec519

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Regensburg, 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 March 26 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around September 24. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 49% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 25 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around March 25. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 76% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 6 · 51%Nov 20 · 22%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2872
Feb3169
Mar3367
Apr3961
May3763
Jun4258
Jul4753
Aug4951
Sep3862
Oct3268
Nov2476
Dec2476

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 16 hours of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 hours — a swing of roughly 8 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.58:084:34
Feb9.87:315:21
Mar11.66:356:08
Apr13.45:286:55
May15.04:367:40
Jun15.94:138:11
Jul15.64:298:05
Aug14.25:107:22
Sep12.45:556:17
Oct10.56:415:12
Nov8.97:314:23
Dec8.18:074:09

Sunny days

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

Regensburg averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 14 to Sep 28. 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 69 daysNov 304 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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 Regensburg, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 4 to September 7. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 8 to June 3, 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 25 · 83%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9360
Jun68257
Jul513415
Aug513712
Sep82162
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 Regensburg is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Nov 30 to Apr 18. The windiest month is March, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 19 to Oct 28, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 12 · 12 km/hAug 5 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec11calm

Best time to visit Regensburg

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Regensburg 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 Regensburg for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 6.7

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
Feb0.1poor
Mar1.7poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.5fair
Jun6.0good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.5good
Sep5.8good
Oct3.6fair
Nov0.8poor
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 Regensburg for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 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 Regensburg, 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 2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

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

UV index (midday) in Regensburg 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 Regensburg peaks around July 10 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 10UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Regensburg

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 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
Apr50
May72
Jun84
Jul84
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Regensburg 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 Regensburg 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 Regensburg typically lasts about 264 days, from around March 9 to November 27 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 15 to October 22.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 950%Apr 1590%Oct 2290%Nov 2750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2931
Feb3228
Mar6031
Apr8915
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct9312
Nov6830
Dec3831

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. Regensburg banks about 1,020 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
Apr11
May115
Jun210
Jul276
Aug267
Sep129
Oct13
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.

Regensburg receives about 3.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.8 kWh/m² — roughly 85% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 265.7 kWhDec 200.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb1.9Dim
Mar3.1Moderate
Apr4.7Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.4Moderate
Oct2.1Moderate
Nov1.1Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Regensburg?

Regensburg sits at 49.0°N, 12.1°E, 341 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kelheim, 19 km away.

DingolfingAmbergLandshutNeumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Topography around Regensburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Regensburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 353 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,138 m.

The land around Regensburg is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
1,138 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Kelheim 19 km · Schwandorf in Bayern 34 km · Straubing 38 km · Cham 47 km · Dingolfing 50 km · Amberg 51 km · Landshut 54 km · Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 55 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 Regensburg (49.0151°, 12.1016°, elevation 341 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).