Nuremberg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Nuremberg is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with June and August close behind. Nuremberg averages about 1,662 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 55 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,662
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 707 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈88 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 516k
- Elevation
- 310 m
When is the best time to visit Nuremberg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nuremberg is September, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 58 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nuremberg?
Nuremberg isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,662 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate September (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #9 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 707 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 | 58 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| April | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| May | 68 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 76 mm | 4 |
| June | 76 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 69 mm | 5 |
| July | 74 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| August | 75 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 72 mm | 5 |
| September | 78 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 55 mm | 3 |
| October | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 60 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Munich Germany · 137 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Stuttgart Germany · 162 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Memmingen Germany · 179 km · best in Jun · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 190 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
- Leipzig Germany · 229 km · best in Jun · 1,503 h sun/yr
- Karlsruhe Germany · 232 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Karlovy Vary Czechia · 153 km · 1,521 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Erfurt Germany · 165 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mannheim Germany · 185 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Nuremberg compares month by month: Nuremberg vs Stuttgart · Nuremberg vs Munich · Nuremberg vs Memmingen · all comparisons
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