A bend in the Moselle seen from a castle wall, a slate-roofed town and steep terraced vineyards on the far bank
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Germany by campervan: weather and best time

When to tour Germany by campervan: temperatures, rainfall and the best season for each part of the country. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 18 September 2026

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Germany has a real summer season and not much either side of it. May to September is the window for almost the whole country, and the differences inside it matter more than the differences between regions. Rain falls all year rather than in a wet season, so the question is rarely whether it will rain but whether you mind.

A green meadow with a single tree and a farmhouse below rocky forested peaks under summer cloud
The Bavarian Alps. Three good months, and afternoon storms through all of them

The year by region: how it feels, how warm, how wet

Bavarian AlpsGarmisch-Partenkirchen
3°77 mm
6°66 mm
10°90 mm
15°87 mm
18°143 mm
22°180 mm
23°173 mm
23°192 mm
19°115 mm
15°91 mm
8°81 mm
3°78 mm
Black Forest and the Rhine valleyFreiburg im Breisgau
6°49 mm
8°49 mm
12°54 mm
17°66 mm
21°103 mm
25°88 mm
26°92 mm
26°83 mm
22°76 mm
17°80 mm
10°70 mm
7°67 mm
Moselle and the Middle RhineTrier
5°64 mm
6°53 mm
11°51 mm
16°44 mm
20°67 mm
23°66 mm
25°72 mm
25°62 mm
20°60 mm
15°65 mm
9°62 mm
5°78 mm
Baltic coastRostock-Warnemünde
4°46 mm
4°38 mm
7°39 mm
12°34 mm
16°50 mm
20°68 mm
22°70 mm
22°69 mm
19°56 mm
13°48 mm
8°46 mm
5°51 mm
North Sea and the Frisian islandsNorderney
5°58 mm
5°45 mm
8°43 mm
12°36 mm
15°42 mm
18°61 mm
21°80 mm
21°89 mm
18°79 mm
13°77 mm
9°68 mm
6°69 mm
Saxon Switzerland and the eastDresden
3°42 mm
5°33 mm
9°42 mm
14°36 mm
19°63 mm
22°63 mm
25°85 mm
24°80 mm
19°52 mm
14°50 mm
8°48 mm
4°44 mm

BestWorkableToo hotCold or wetTop figure: average daily high. Below it: average rainfall for the month.

Every figure above is the average daily maximum and the average monthly rainfall for the named station under the 1991 to 2020 normals. Garmisch-Partenkirchen sits at 708 metres on a valley floor, so its row is the mildest reading the Bavarian Alps have. The passes and the huts above it are much colder and hold snow far longer. Treat that row as the bottom of the mountains, not the mountains.