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Germany
in February.

Is February a good time?

Temperature unit

No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.

National overnight stays are 42% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
41–47°F
Very good weather
0 / 38 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 38 scored regions.

Find your February base

Based on 38 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

Illustration of St Bartholomä and the Watzmann from Königssee
Königssee, Upper BavariaDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 38 possibilities.

Choose your February base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Trip focus

38 of 38 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of Vineyard lane near Deidesheim beneath the HaardtCountrysideMainz & the PalatinateMainz · SpeyerRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather5.0/10Good46°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of St Bartholomä and the Watzmann from KönigsseeCountrysideMunich & Upper BavariaMunich · Garmisch-Partenkirchen · BerchtesgadenRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.9/10Fair45°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Heidelberg Old Bridge, Old Town and castle from the north bankCityHeidelberg & KarlsruheHeidelberg · Baden-BadenRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.9/10Fair47°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Buntgarnwerke textile mills on the Weiße ElsterCityLeipzigRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.9/10Fair44°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Frankfurt skyline from the Lohrberg vineyardCityFrankfurt & southern HesseFrankfurt · Darmstadt · WiesbadenRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.6/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.9/10Fair46°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Traditional Black Forest farmhouse in a meadow near SchauinslandMountainsFreiburg & the southern Black ForestFreiburg · KonstanzRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.5/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair46°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Lusen summit Blockmeer in the Bavarian ForestCountrysideLower BavariaPassau · Bavarian ForestRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair44°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Magdeburg Water Bridge over the ElbeCountrysideSaxony-AnhaltMagdeburg · QuedlinburgRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair44°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Allgäu dairy pastures and Alpine foothills near FüssenCountrysideSwabia & the AllgäuNeuschwanstein · Augsburg · FüssenRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair44°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Grabkapelle above the Rotenberg vineyardsCountrysideStuttgartRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.6/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.8/10Fair46°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Deutsches Eck at the Rhine–Moselle confluence from EhrenbreitsteinCountrysideKoblenz & the Middle RhineRhine Valley · KoblenzRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.5/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair45°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Water-level canal in Lehde, SpreewaldCountrysideBrandenburgPotsdam · SpreewaldRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair43°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Tübingen Neckarfront with a traditional StocherkahnCountrysideTübingen & Upper SwabiaTübingen · UlmRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair44°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Lower Franconian vineyard landscape above the Main River near Würzburg and VolkachCountrysideWürzburg & Lower FranconiaWürzburgRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair45°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Middle Franconian medieval old-town streetscape in RothenburgCountrysideNuremberg & Middle FranconiaNuremberg · Rothenburg ob der TauberRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair44°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge from the Deutz Rhine bankCityCologne & BonnCologne · Bonn · AachenRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.6/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair47°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Tempelhofer Feld runway and meadow toward the Berlin skylineCityBerlinRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.5/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair43°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schrammsteine from a sandstone ledge near CarolafelsenCountrysideDresden & Saxon SwitzerlandDresdenRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair43°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Erfurt Cathedral Hill and the DomstufenCountrysideThuringiaWeimar · ErfurtRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.2/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair43°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Herrenhausen Great Garden on the central fountain axisCountrysideHanoverRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair45°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Walhalla above the Danube near DonaustaufCountrysideRegensburg & the Upper PalatinateRegensburgRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair43°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Saarschleife from the Cloef viewpointCountrysideSaarlandRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair45°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Rheinturm and MedienHafen across the yacht basinCityDüsseldorfRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.5/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair47°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Prinzipalmarkt toward St LambertiCountrysideMünsterRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.5/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.6/10Fair46°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Totengrund bowl in the Lüneburg HeathCountrysideLüneburgLüneburg HeathRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair44°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Steep Moselle vineyards above a river villageCountrysideTrier & the MoselleTrier · Moselle ValleyRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair45°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of East Frisian dune trail opening onto a broad North Sea beachCountrysideWeser-Ems & the North Sea coastEast Frisian Islands · OldenburgRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair45°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Marburg Oberstadt from the southeast hillside overlookCountrysideCentral HesseMarburg · GießenRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair44°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Goetheweg boardwalk across Torfhausmoor toward the BrockenCountrysideBraunschweig & the Harz (west)Braunschweig · GoslarRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair44°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Mühle am Wall from across the Wallanlagen moatCityBremenRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair45°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Wasserschloss at the Speicherstadt canal junctionCityHamburgRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair44°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Michaelsberg vineyard overlook across Bamberg's UNESCO old townCountrysideBamberg & Upper FranconiaBamberg · BayreuthRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair42°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Externsteine across the Wiembecke pondCountrysideDetmold & East WestphaliaBielefeldRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair45°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe cascades and Hercules MonumentCountrysideKassel & northern HesseKasselRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair43°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schloss Augustusburg above the Zschopau valleyCountrysideChemnitz & the Ore MountainsChemnitzRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair41°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Zeche Zollern II/IV from the axial forecourtCityDortmund & the SauerlandDortmundRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair45°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Königsstuhl chalk coast on RügenBeachMecklenburg-VorpommernRügen · Usedom · RostockRead the February guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor42°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Westerheversand lighthouse across the salt marshBeachSchleswig-HolsteinSylt · Lübeck · KielRead the February guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor43°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Germany's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Germany's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

February weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons
41–47°F
Typical nights
27–33°F
Rain days
7–13 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Afternoons around 47°F (8°C): a warm coat; nights around 31°F (0°C): a winter coat, hat and gloves. Bring rain gear: about 9 days with at least 1 mm of rain.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Mainz & the Palatinate46°F31°F9good
Munich & Upper Bavaria45°F28°F9fair
Heidelberg & Karlsruhe47°F31°F9fair
Leipzig44°F30°F10fair
Frankfurt & southern Hesse46°F31°F9fair
Freiburg & the southern Black Forest46°F30°F9fair
Lower Bavaria44°F28°F8fair
Saxony-Anhalt44°F30°F9fair
Swabia & the Allgäu44°F28°F8fair
Stuttgart46°F29°F9fair
Koblenz & the Middle Rhine45°F31°F11fair
Brandenburg43°F29°F9fair
Tübingen & Upper Swabia44°F28°F9fair
Würzburg & Lower Franconia45°F29°F9fair
Nuremberg & Middle Franconia44°F28°F8fair
Cologne & Bonn47°F33°F11fair
Berlin43°F29°F9fair
Dresden & Saxon Switzerland43°F28°F11fair
Thuringia43°F28°F9fair
Hanover45°F31°F10fair
Regensburg & the Upper Palatinate43°F27°F7fair
Saarland45°F31°F10fair
Düsseldorf47°F33°F12fair
Münster46°F33°F12fair
Lüneburg44°F31°F10fair
Trier & the Moselle45°F30°F10fair
Weser-Ems & the North Sea coast45°F32°F9fair
Central Hesse44°F30°F10fair
Braunschweig & the Harz (west)44°F30°F9fair
Bremen45°F32°F9fair
Hamburg44°F31°F8fair
Bamberg & Upper Franconia42°F27°F9fair
Detmold & East Westphalia45°F31°F10fair
Kassel & northern Hesse43°F29°F9fair
Chemnitz & the Ore Mountains41°F27°F11fair
Dortmund & the Sauerland45°F31°F13fair
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern42°F30°F9poor
Schleswig-Holstein43°F31°F8poor

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Moderate season, nationally.

February records 42% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

−3% on Germany's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Thinking about the coast?

Check the water, too.

Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Schleswig-Holstein (38°F), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (37°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip

Holidays: 9% of people in Germany live where schools are out on a typical February 2027 day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Germany through the year ↗

February is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗

How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Germany's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Germany) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Germany's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is above EU average (112 where the EU average is 100). Full method.