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Best time to visitChemnitz & the Ore Mountains.

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What matters most?

Start with July.

#1 of 12 · Balanced · 7.6/10

Overnight stays vary little through the year.

Based on Chemnitz regional averages.

Afternoon high
75°F
Daylight
about 16 hours
Crowds
Steady

About 12 rain days in a typical July, with about 16 hours of daylight.

Historical averages, not forecasts or live prices.

Illustration of Schloss Augustusburg above the Zschopau valley
Schloss Augustusburg in the Ore Mountains

A regional guide. Figures cover Chemnitz, including Chemnitz. Conditions vary within the region.

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Average afternoon highsTop 3 matches · Balanced priorities

July at a glance

Balanced match #1 · 7.6/10

Overnight stays vary little through the year.

About 12 rain days in a typical July, with about 16 hours of daylight.

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Afternoon high
75°F
Night low
54°F
Rain days
12
Daylight
16h 05m
Crowds
Steady

All 12 months, on the same measures. Tap a heading to sort or a month to open its guide.Select a month to open its guide. Scroll the table for more detail.

Chemnitz & the Ore Mountains · all 12 months
RankMonthOverallWeatherCrowdsCostHighLowRain daysDaylight
#1July 7.6 8.7/10 Very good SteadyPricey 75°F54°F 1216h 05m
#2June 7.5 8.6/10 Very good SteadyPricey 73°F52°F 916h 28m
#3August 7.5 8.6/10 Very good SteadyPricey 76°F55°F 914h 37m
#4September 7.2 8.2/10 Very good SteadyPricey 68°F48°F 812h 43m
#5May 7.0 7.7/10 Very good SteadyPricey 65°F44°F 815h 27m
#6April 6.6 6.8/10 Good SteadyPricey 58°F37°F 813h 45m
#7October 6.3 6.3/10 Good SteadyPricey 58°F42°F 910h 49m
#8March 5.9 5.4/10 Good SteadyPricey 49°F31°F 1011h 47m
#9November 5.6 4.9/10 Fair SteadyPricey 47°F34°F 99h 01m
#10February 5.3 4.4/10 Fair SteadyPricey 41°F27°F 1110h 01m
#11December 5.1 4.0/10 Fair SteadyPricey 41°F31°F 148h 00m
#12January 5.0 3.6/10 Fair SteadyPricey 38°F27°F 158h 25m

Overall follows your priorities. Crowds compare each month with this place's own year. Highs, lows and rain days are historical averages for 2011–2025.

A little perspective

The shape of the year.

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Afternoon highNight low

Top balanced match · July

Historical monthly averages. Gaps mean data is unavailable. The comparison table above lists all months in text. The dotted vertical line marks the selected month.Temperature · °F15°30°45°60°75°90°January: 38°F afternoon highFebruary: 41°F afternoon highMarch: 49°F afternoon highApril: 58°F afternoon highMay: 65°F afternoon highJune: 73°F afternoon highJuly: 75°F afternoon highAugust: 76°F afternoon highSeptember: 68°F afternoon highOctober: 58°F afternoon highNovember: 47°F afternoon highDecember: 41°F afternoon highJanuary: 27°F night lowFebruary: 27°F night lowMarch: 31°F night lowApril: 37°F night lowMay: 44°F night lowJune: 52°F night lowJuly: 54°F night lowAugust: 55°F night lowSeptember: 48°F night lowOctober: 42°F night lowNovember: 34°F night lowDecember: 31°F night lowRain days150January: 15 rain days15February: 11 rain days11March: 10 rain days10April: 8 rain days8May: 8 rain days8June: 9 rain days9July: 12 rain days12August: 9 rain days9September: 8 rain days8October: 9 rain days9November: 9 rain days9December: 14 rain days14Crowds · stronger shading means busierJanuary: SteadyJanFebruary: SteadyFebMarch: SteadyMarApril: SteadyAprMay: SteadyMayJune: SteadyJunJuly: SteadyJulAugust: SteadyAugSeptember: SteadySepOctober: SteadyOctNovember: SteadyNovDecember: SteadyDec Historical monthly averages. Gaps mean data is unavailable. The comparison table above lists all months in text. The dotted vertical line marks the selected month.Temperature · °F15°30°45°60°75°90°January: 38°F afternoon highFebruary: 41°F afternoon highMarch: 49°F afternoon highApril: 58°F afternoon highMay: 65°F afternoon highJune: 73°F afternoon highJuly: 75°F afternoon highAugust: 76°F afternoon highSeptember: 68°F afternoon highOctober: 58°F afternoon highNovember: 47°F afternoon highDecember: 41°F afternoon highJanuary: 27°F night lowFebruary: 27°F night lowMarch: 31°F night lowApril: 37°F night lowMay: 44°F night lowJune: 52°F night lowJuly: 54°F night lowAugust: 55°F night lowSeptember: 48°F night lowOctober: 42°F night lowNovember: 34°F night lowDecember: 31°F night lowRain days150January: 15 rain days15February: 11 rain days11March: 10 rain days10April: 8 rain days8May: 8 rain days8June: 9 rain days9July: 12 rain days12August: 9 rain days9September: 8 rain days8October: 9 rain days9November: 9 rain days9December: 14 rain days14Crowds · stronger shading means busierJanuary: SteadyJanFebruary: SteadyMarch: SteadyApril: SteadyMay: SteadyMayJune: SteadyJuly: SteadyAugust: SteadySeptember: SteadySepOctober: SteadyNovember: SteadyDecember: SteadyDec
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July

High
75°F
Low
54°F
Rain
12 days
Crowds
Steady

Chemnitz regional averages · Historical patterns, not a forecast. Gaps mean no data. Crowds compare months within this region.

Very-good-or-better weather scores: May to September. No month has a poor weather score.

There is no real busy season: the quietest month, January, still runs at 58% of the busiest.

The two busiest months account for 20% of annual overnight stays.

Events that move crowds and prices Christmas markets, typically 20 November – 23 December 2026: evenings and weekends are crowded; city hotels fill on December weekends. Official site.

On the 2024 EU comparison, Germany's restaurants and hotels are above EU average.

Before you go

Pack a little context.

Fewer crowds

Hotel stays are steady all year.

Hotel stays vary little: the busiest month has only 1.7× the nights of the quietest, so pick on weather.

Good weather

July has the highest weather score.

Very good or better May to September. July has the highest displayed weather score (8.7/10).

Lower prices

January to March.

These are three lower-price months on Germany's historical 2024–2025 national hotel index. It cannot identify this region's cheapest bookable rooms.

School holidays

School breaks meet steady visitor levels.

Hotel stays here vary little through the year, so US school breaks don't put you in a busier season.

Local families travel too: at least 30% of people in Germany live where schools are out on a typical day July to August and October. Germany's school calendar for September isn't fully published yet. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

About these answers

These are historical seasonal patterns. Crowds compare a month with this place's own busiest month; they do not measure queues at individual sights. Weather answers use the displayed weather scores. These seasonal facts stay the same when you change your priorities; your Overall recommendation updates above. Prices retain the scope stated beside them. Full methodology.

Choose your season

The year, season by season.

Winter

Dec–Feb

Hotel stays vary little across the year.

38–41°FAfternoon highs

Spring

Mar–May

Hotel stays vary little across the year.

49–65°FAfternoon highs

Summer

Jun–Aug

Hotel stays vary little across the year.

73–76°FAfternoon highs

Autumn

Sep–Nov

Hotel stays vary little across the year.

47–68°FAfternoon highs

Ranges span monthly average afternoon highs, not daily extremes. Conditions and seasonal openings vary within Chemnitz & the Ore Mountains.

How we know

The default Balanced Overall weighs weather 50%, crowds 30% and cost 20%. Your priority choice updates the Overall, month ranks and recommendation. While your weather weight is at least 40%, Overall cannot exceed weather by more than 2. Close scores can describe different trip experiences. How the scores work.

Statistical regionDED4 · Chemnitz
Region typeCountryside (Eurostat NUTS3 typologies weighted by population: urban 0%, coastal 0%, mountain 23%; median ground height 417 m)
Population used1.4 million (1 January 2025)
Crowd reference years2024–2025 average
How our weather was checked10 open weather stations in this region, January and July: afternoon highs typically within 1°F (0.1°C), night lows within 1°F (0.5°C).
Climate indexHCI:Urban, observed climatology over 15 years (2011–2025)
Hotel occupancy (annual)52%
Accommodation mix71% hotels, 4% camping
Country price level (restaurants & hotels, EU27 = 100)112
Daylight latitude50.72° N

Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by month and NUTS 2 region, per 1,000 inhabitants, divided by days in the month. "Season here" is the month's figure as a share of this region's busiest month. "Visitors" ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions that month. Weather: Holiday Climate Index (Scott et al. 2016; Rutty et al. 2020) computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records and population-weighted to the region. Prices are national. Hand-written notes are marked and nothing depends on them. Full method · this region's data.