Stuttgart weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · major city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Stuttgart is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with June and August close behind. Stuttgart averages about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 62 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,776
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 863 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈84 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 2.9M
- Elevation
- 373 m
When is the best time to visit Stuttgart?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Stuttgart is September, 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 Stuttgart?
Stuttgart isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate September (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 863 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 | -3° / 27°F | 65 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 58 mm | 2 |
| April | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 56 mm | 4 |
| May | 65 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 96 mm | 5 |
| June | 73 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 88 mm | 6 |
| July | 71 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 98 mm | 6 |
| August | 72 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 93 mm | 5 |
| September | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 62 mm | 4 |
| October | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 68 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 62 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 68 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Karlsruhe Germany · 84 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Memmingen Germany · 108 km · best in Jun · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Friedrichshafen Germany · 115 km · best in Sep · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Strasbourg France · 118 km · best in Sep · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Zurich Switzerland · 146 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 156 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mannheim Germany · 101 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Sankt Gallen Switzerland · 136 km · 1,913 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Stuttgart compares month by month: Stuttgart vs Karlsruhe · Stuttgart vs Nuremberg · Stuttgart vs Friedrichshafen · Stuttgart vs Memmingen · all comparisons
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