Climate and average weather in Weiterstadt

In Weiterstadt, 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 Weiterstadt typically varies from -0°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -8°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 Weiterstadt for warm-weather activities is from early May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-0°
Wettest
Dec
67 mm
Driest
Apr
46 mm
Rain / yr
692 mm
133 wet days
Daylight
7.9–16.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
109 m
49.9°N
Clearest
Aug
59% cloud

Weiterstadt 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 Weiterstadt, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 26 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Weiterstadt 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 4, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Weiterstadt is January, with an average low of -0°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 7°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)
Jan40
Feb50
Mar102
Apr155
May199
Jun2213
Jul2415
Aug2414
Sep2011
Oct147
Nov83
Dec51

How hot and cold Weiterstadt 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 -5°C (around January 29), with roughly 125 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-40
Feb55-40
Mar1010-12
Apr151535
May191989
Jun22221313
Jul24241515
Aug24241414
Sep20201011
Oct141457
Nov8803
Dec55-31

Average hourly temperature in Weiterstadt

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 -0°C.

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

Weiterstadt 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 / -0°5411.538.40.0
Feb / -0°479.72.89.70.3
Mar10° / 5411.61.211.52.1
Apr15° / 46100.113.54.3
May19° / 6611.1015.15.8
Jun22° / 13°6210.60166.5
Jul24° / 15°6612.1015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°5910.6014.36.8
Sep20° / 11°569.3012.46.1
Oct14° / 57110.110.53.8
Nov / 5811.50.98.81.2
Dec / 6713.93.380.0

Chance of rain

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

Weiterstadt gets about 692 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 1.5 months, from around Nov 30 to Jan 14, peaking in December at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 3.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 67 mm over about 14 wet days; April is the driest, with 46 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 21 · 47%Sep 3 · 31%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3712
Feb3510
Mar3712
Apr3410
May3611
Jun3511
Jul3812
Aug3411
Sep339
Oct3511
Nov3812
Dec4414

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Weiterstadt collects about 692 mm of rain across 133 wet days — roughly 58 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 67 mm, while April is the driest at just 46 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec544754466662665956575867
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan54123
Feb47103
Mar54121
Apr46100
May66110
Jun62110
Jul66120
Aug59110
Sep5690
Oct57110
Nov58121
Dec67143

Snow in Weiterstadt

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.

Weiterstadt averages about 11 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 9 to Apr 3 — about 4.8 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 8 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 37 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan38
Feb310
Mar14
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov13
Dec311

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Weiterstadt, 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 18 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around September 24. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 47% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 25 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around March 17. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 79% 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 4 · 50%Dec 25 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2476
Feb2773
Mar3268
Apr4060
May3565
Jun3862
Jul4555
Aug4753
Sep3763
Oct2971
Nov2278
Dec2179

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 13, brings about 16 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.48:254:45
Feb9.77:485:33
Mar11.56:496:21
Apr13.55:417:11
May15.14:477:57
Jun16.04:238:29
Jul15.74:398:23
Aug14.35:227:38
Sep12.46:096:31
Oct10.56:575:25
Nov8.87:484:34
Dec8.08:254:19

Sunny days

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

Weiterstadt averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Jun 17 to Sep 29. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 18 daysNov 253 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

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 Weiterstadt, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 13% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 22 · 100%Jul 25 · 84%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May91810
Jun702371
Jul5433130
Aug5435120
Sep811720
Oct95500
Nov100000
Dec100000

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 Weiterstadt 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 21 to Apr 7. The windiest month is January, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 8 to Oct 20, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 12 km/hAug 2 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb12calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Weiterstadt

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, Weiterstadt is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Weiterstadt 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 17 · 6.8

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
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.1poor
Apr4.3fair
May5.8good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.7good
Sep6.1good
Oct3.8fair
Nov1.2poor
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 Weiterstadt 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 4 · 6.1

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 Weiterstadt, 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 4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Weiterstadt sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Weiterstadt 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 Weiterstadt peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Weiterstadt

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 3.5 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
Mar20
Apr4.50
May6.50
Jun7.52.5
Jul83.5
Aug70.5
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Weiterstadt typically lasts about 314 days, from around February 18 to December 28 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 9 to November 9.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1850%Apr 990%Nov 990%Dec 2850%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4631
Feb5028
Mar7431
Apr939
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8220
Dec5631

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. Weiterstadt banks about 1,129 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
Apr18
May127
Jun222
Jul296
Aug286
Sep155
Oct26
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.

Weiterstadt receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 88% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 265.6 kWhDec 220.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.6Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.2Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov1.0Dim
Dec0.7Dim

Where is Weiterstadt?

Weiterstadt sits at 49.9°N, 8.6°E, 109 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Griesheim, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Weiterstadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Weiterstadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 369 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Weiterstadt is covered by cropland (36%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
369 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Griesheim 5.0 km · Arheilgen 5.0 km · Darmstadt 6.0 km · Groß-Gerau 8.0 km · Mörfelden-Walldorf 10 km · Riedstadt 10 km · Pfungstadt 11 km · Langen 11 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 Weiterstadt (49.9039°, 8.5887°, elevation 109 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).