Munich weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Munich is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with June and August close behind. Munich averages about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 97 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,776
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 861 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈99 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 453 m
When is the best time to visit Munich?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Munich is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 65 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Munich?
Munich isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate July (71) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 861 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 | -5° / 23°F | 65 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 56 mm | 2 |
| April | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| May | 66 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 95 mm | 5 |
| June | 70 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 102 mm | 6 |
| July | 71 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 97 mm | 6 |
| August | 70 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 102 mm | 5 |
| September | 70 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 68 mm | 3 |
| October | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 61 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 55 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 60 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Salzburg Austria · 110 km · best in Sep · 1,784 h sun/yr
- Memmingen Germany · 122 km · best in Jun · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Innsbruck Austria · 126 km · best in Sep · 1,905 h sun/yr
- Nuremberg Germany · 137 km · best in Sep · 1,662 h sun/yr
- Friedrichshafen Germany · 185 km · best in Sep · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Stuttgart Germany · 192 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Linz Austria · 178 km · 1,719 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Munich compares month by month: Munich vs Nuremberg · Munich vs Salzburg · Munich vs Innsbruck · Munich vs Memmingen · all comparisons
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