Saalfeld weather in July

In July, Saalfeld sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 95 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Saalfeld's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saalfeld's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 48 min; 4:25 AM – 8:15 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical July day in Saalfeld 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

How July really feels in Saalfeld

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Saalfeld 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	52	12.2	7	8.3	0.0
Feb	3° / -3°	41	10.1	6.1	9.7	0.0
Mar	7° / 0°	55	12.7	4.8	11.5	0.9
Apr	12° / 3°	52	11.5	1.1	13.5	3.2
May	17° / 8°	81	12.9	0.1	15.2	4.8
Jun	20° / 11°	81	13.5	0	16.2	5.6
Jul	22° / 13°	95	14.2	0	15.8	6.0
Aug	22° / 12°	84	12.8	0	14.3	6.2
Sep	17° / 9°	64	10.9	0	12.4	5.2
Oct	12° / 6°	57	11.1	0.3	10.4	3.0
Nov	6° / 2°	56	11.2	3.4	8.7	0.6
Dec	3° / -1°	57	12.4	6.1	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	41	41	40	41	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	46
Cloudier (%)	59	59	60	59	60	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	60	58	58	57	56	55	54	54	53	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Saalfeld gets around 95 mm of rain over 14.2 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 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	70	70	70	68	68	68	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	63	62	62	61	60	60	59	58	58	56	56	55	55	54	55	54
Comfortable (%)	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34
Humid (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	24	6
2	70	24	6
3	70	24	6
4	68	25	7
5	68	25	7
6	68	25	7
7	66	26	8
8	66	26	8
9	66	26	8
10	66	26	8
11	65	26	9
12	65	26	9
13	64	27	9
14	64	27	9
15	64	27	9
16	63	27	10
17	62	28	10
18	62	28	10
19	61	28	11
20	60	29	11
21	60	29	11
22	59	29	12
23	58	30	12
24	58	30	12
25	56	31	13
26	56	31	13
27	55	32	13
28	55	32	13
29	54	33	13
30	55	33	12
31	54	34	12

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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10	10	calm
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12	10	calm
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15	10	calm
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17	10	calm
18	10	calm
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20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:12 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 7:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:12	4:13	4:13	4:14	4:15	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:39	4:40	4:42	4:43	4:44
Sunset (PM)	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.2	4:12	8:24
2	16.2	4:13	8:24
3	16.2	4:13	8:23
4	16.2	4:14	8:23
5	16.1	4:15	8:23
6	16.1	4:15	8:22
7	16.1	4:16	8:22
8	16.1	4:17	8:21
9	16.0	4:18	8:21
10	16.0	4:19	8:20
11	16.0	4:20	8:19
12	16.0	4:21	8:19
13	15.9	4:22	8:18
14	15.9	4:23	8:17
15	15.9	4:24	8:16
16	15.8	4:25	8:15
17	15.8	4:26	8:14
18	15.8	4:27	8:13
19	15.7	4:28	8:12
20	15.7	4:30	8:11
21	15.7	4:31	8:10
22	15.6	4:32	8:09
23	15.6	4:33	8:08
24	15.5	4:35	8:07
25	15.5	4:36	8:05
26	15.4	4:37	8:04
27	15.4	4:39	8:03
28	15.4	4:40	8:01
29	15.3	4:42	8:00
30	15.3	4:43	7:58
31	15.2	4:44	7:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Saalfeld?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Saalfeld for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saalfeld in July

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

In July, Saalfeld sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Saalfeld 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 Saalfeld peaks around July 13 at about 7 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	6	7	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Saalfeld?

Saalfeld sits at 50.6°N, 11.4°E, 230 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rudolstadt, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Saalfeld

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saalfeld has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m around an average of 279 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Saalfeld is covered by trees (45%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

363 m

trees 45%

16 km

639 m

trees 62%

80 km

961 m

trees 43%

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← June Saalfeld year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Rudolstadt 8.0 km · Ilmenau 32 km · Sonneberg 35 km · Jena 35 km · Arnstadt 36 km · Weimar 37 km · Erfurt 43 km · Apolda 43 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

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 Saalfeld (50.6483°, 11.3654°, elevation 230 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	24	6
2	70	24	6
3	70	24	6
4	68	25	7
5	68	25	7
6	68	25	7
7	66	26	8
8	66	26	8
9	66	26	8
10	66	26	8
11	65	26	9
12	65	26	9
13	64	27	9
14	64	27	9
15	64	27	9
16	63	27	10
17	62	28	10
18	62	28	10
19	61	28	11
20	60	29	11
21	60	29	11
22	59	29	12
23	58	30	12
24	58	30	12
25	56	31	13
26	56	31	13
27	55	32	13
28	55	32	13
29	54	33	13
30	55	33	12
31	54	34	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	24	6
2	70	24	6
3	70	24	6
4	68	25	7
5	68	25	7
6	68	25	7
7	66	26	8
8	66	26	8
9	66	26	8
10	66	26	8
11	65	26	9
12	65	26	9
13	64	27	9
14	64	27	9
15	64	27	9
16	63	27	10
17	62	28	10
18	62	28	10
19	61	28	11
20	60	29	11
21	60	29	11
22	59	29	12
23	58	30	12
24	58	30	12
25	56	31	13
26	56	31	13
27	55	32	13
28	55	32	13
29	54	33	13
30	55	33	12
31	54	34	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	24	6
2	70	24	6
3	70	24	6
4	68	25	7
5	68	25	7
6	68	25	7
7	66	26	8
8	66	26	8
9	66	26	8
10	66	26	8
11	65	26	9
12	65	26	9
13	64	27	9
14	64	27	9
15	64	27	9
16	63	27	10
17	62	28	10
18	62	28	10
19	61	28	11
20	60	29	11
21	60	29	11
22	59	29	12
23	58	30	12
24	58	30	12
25	56	31	13
26	56	31	13
27	55	32	13
28	55	32	13
29	54	33	13
30	55	33	12
31	54	34	12