Karlsruhe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · major city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Karlsruhe is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with June and July close behind. Karlsruhe averages about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 53 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,776
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 739 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈38 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 2.9M
- Elevation
- 123 m
When is the best time to visit Karlsruhe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Karlsruhe is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 61 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Karlsruhe?
Karlsruhe isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate September (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 739 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 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 61 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 1 |
| March | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| April | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| May | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 74 mm | 4 |
| June | 77 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| July | 76 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| August | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 73 mm | 5 |
| September | 79 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 53 mm | 3 |
| October | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 61 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 72 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Strasbourg France · 43 km · best in Sep · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Stuttgart Germany · 84 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Saarbrücken Germany · 86 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
- Basel France · 137 km · best in Sep · 1,931 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 143 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
- Zurich Switzerland · 151 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mannheim Germany · 83 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Metz France · 136 km · 1,802 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Karlsruhe compares month by month: Karlsruhe vs Stuttgart · Karlsruhe vs Frankfurt am Main · Karlsruhe vs Saarbrücken · Karlsruhe vs Strasbourg · all comparisons
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