Saarbrücken weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Saarbrücken is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with June and July close behind. Saarbrücken averages about 1,664 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 55 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,664
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 762 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈60 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 770k
- Elevation
- 321 m
When is the best time to visit Saarbrücken?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Saarbrücken is September, then June and July. 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 Saarbrücken?
Saarbrücken isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,664 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate September (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 762 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 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 65 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 54 mm | 1 |
| March | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 57 mm | 2 |
| April | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 45 mm | 3 |
| May | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 5 |
| June | 76 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| July | 76 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 65 mm | 5 |
| August | 75 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| September | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 55 mm | 3 |
| October | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 66 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 66 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 79 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Luxembourg Luxembourg · 79 km · best in Sep · 1,666 h sun/yr
- Strasbourg France · 84 km · best in Sep · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Karlsruhe Germany · 86 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 138 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
- Stuttgart Germany · 165 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Basel France · 182 km · best in Sep · 1,931 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Metz France · 68 km · 1,802 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mannheim Germany · 106 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Saarbrücken compares month by month: Saarbrücken vs Karlsruhe · Saarbrücken vs Frankfurt am Main · Saarbrücken vs Strasbourg · Saarbrücken vs Luxembourg · all comparisons
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