Freiburg weather by month

The best time to visit Freiburg is June, July and September — 91/100 in July, 27°C and 9 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (88/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 52/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Germany →

Freiburg🇩🇪 Germany · Central Europe · City91
  1. 52Jan
  2. 64Feb
  3. 71Mar
  4. 79Apr
  5. 83May
  6. 88Jun
  7. 91Jul
  8. 86Aug
  9. 90Sep
  10. 75Oct
  11. 61Nov
  12. 55Dec

Best season: June to August (88/100 on average) · worst January (52/100)

Days
27°C
Nights
14°C
Wet days
9
Sun
12.3 h
Humidity
69%
Daylight
16 h
Freiburg, Germany
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Freiburg, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Freiburg is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan52D7°C12 d5 hBusy—
Feb64C10°C9 d6 hBusy1
Mar71B13°C10 d8 hBusy2
Apr79B17°C9 d10 hPeak2
May83A21°C12 d11 hPeak1
Jun88A26°C12 d12 hBusy2
Jul91S27°C9 d12 hPeak2
Aug86A27°C9 d11 hPeak1
Sep90S22°C9 d9 hBusy1
Oct75B17°C10 d7 hBusy2
Nov61C10°C11 d5 hBusy2
Dec55D7°C11 d4 hPeak1

What's on in Freiburg through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

February
  • Alemannic Fasnet12–17 FebFestival
March
  • Easter holidays3–6 AprHoliday
April
  • Ascension and Whitsun14–25 MayHoliday
June
  • Freiburger Weinfest2–7 JulFestival
July
  • Zelt-Musik-Festival15 Jul – 2 AugFestival
September
  • Kaiserstuhl wine harvest5 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)Season
October
  • Black Forest autumn5 Oct – 8 Nov (usually)Nature
November
  • Christmas market19 Nov – 23 DecFestival

Everything on in Freiburg through the year →

Crowds in Freiburg in July

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Peak crowdsFreiburger Weinfest, Zelt-Musik-Festival, Summer holidays in Germany(estimated)

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Good to know before you go to Freiburg

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Customs & etiquette

A guide to Freiburg's old town explains the local legend around the Bächle, the thin water channels running alongside the streets: step in one, even accidentally, and according to tradition you're destined to marry a local, a bit of folklore locals still bring up with visitors good-naturedly. Their tip for reaching the Black Forest without hiking: the Schlossbergbahn funicular links the Old Town directly to the forest, a good option for anyone who wants the views from the Schlossbergturm observation tower without the climb.
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Traveller notes on Freiburg

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters describe March here as genuinely bimodal - it can be mild and sunny, or it can drop to -10C with snow, and there's no reliable way to know which until close to the travel date. Posters do note Freiburg is generally considered Germany's warmest and sunniest city, so along a route through several German-speaking cities, it offers better odds of good weather than most alternatives - and going later in March specifically improves the chances that spring has properly arrived by the time of a visit. The consistent bottom-line advice: pack for both scenarios (a warm layer plus something genuinely winter-capable) rather than betting on either outcome.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Regulars are specific this counts as Germany's warmest and sunniest city, genuinely good odds of good weather though rainy, cool days remain possible at any point in the year regardless of reputation. Our row backs that warm, genuinely wet read, 25.5C over 13.3C nights feeling 13C, with a substantial 99.2mm of rain across 11.9 days and humidity at 73 percent. Regulars are consistent storms here run genuinely localised, one spot getting thunder, heavy rain and hail while another just a few kilometres away stays basically dry under the same system, typical of how hilly country channels weather. Checking conditions specifically for wherever you're headed in the Black Forest remains worthwhile regardless of the Freiburg forecast. The record: 12.1 hours of sun, an 11.9 kph wind and AQI 49.
WarmestCityButStormsGenuinelyLocal · June · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Freiburg is usually Germany's warmest and sunniest city, sitting on the Upper Rhine plain, and the forum's regulars say your odds of good July weather here are as good as the country offers - while adding the German caveat that any month can turn wet and cool. The Black Forest behind the city is its own climate and swings widely across a summer day, which is the argument for basing yourself in the city and going up for the day: Triberg, the Vogtsbauernhof open-air museum, Gengenbach and Offenburg are all within reach, with Strasbourg and Baden-Baden not much further. The record: 26.7C days, 14.2C nights, 9 precipitation days, 12.3 hours of sun inside a 15.6-hour day, AQI 40.
WarmestCityInGermany · July · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Freiburg's forum calls it Germany's warmest and sunniest city, so odds of good September weather are better than most of the country, though the region is genuinely capable of a rainy, cool spell any time of year. Regulars note September is a pleasant month in the surrounding wine country as the grapes ripen, and recommend layers since daytime highs can swing widely from one week to the next.
Tripadvisor community · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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