Erfurt weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Erfurt is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and August close behind. Erfurt averages about 1,508 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 56 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,508
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 645 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈70 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 219k
- Elevation
- 313 m
When is the best time to visit Erfurt?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Erfurt is September, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 51 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Erfurt?
Erfurt isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,508 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate September (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #31 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 645 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 51 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 37 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| April | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| May | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| June | 76 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 60 mm | 5 |
| July | 73 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| August | 76 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 61 mm | 4 |
| September | 77 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| October | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 54 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 54 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Leipzig Germany · 101 km · best in Jun · 1,503 h sun/yr
- Nuremberg Germany · 165 km · best in Sep · 1,662 h sun/yr
- Paderborn Germany · 178 km · best in Jun · 1,463 h sun/yr
- Hannover Germany · 187 km · best in Jun · 1,488 h sun/yr
- Dresden Germany · 197 km · best in Sep · 1,502 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 200 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kassel Germany · 120 km · 1,462 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Karlovy Vary Czechia · 163 km · 1,521 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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