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Where to go in July / Germany / July

A good place. At the right time.

Germany
in July.

Is July a good time?

Temperature unit

All 38 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.

National overnight stays are 96% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
73–80°F
Very good weather
38 / 38 regions

Similar weather scores do not mean similar visitor seasons or hotel prices across regions.

Find your July 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 July 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 Saarschleife from the Cloef viewpointCountrysideSaarlandRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.0/10Excellent78°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Steep Moselle vineyards above a river villageCountrysideTrier & the MoselleTrier · Moselle ValleyRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.0/10Excellent76°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Erfurt Cathedral Hill and the DomstufenCountrysideThuringiaWeimar · ErfurtRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.2/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own 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 July guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Marburg Oberstadt from the southeast hillside overlookCountrysideCentral HesseMarburg · GießenRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.9/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good76°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Herrenhausen Great Garden on the central fountain axisCountrysideHanoverRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.1/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good76°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vineyard lane near Deidesheim beneath the HaardtCountrysideMainz & the PalatinateMainz · SpeyerRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good80°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good77°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe cascades and Hercules MonumentCountrysideKassel & northern HesseKasselRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Magdeburg Water Bridge over the ElbeCountrysideSaxony-AnhaltMagdeburg · QuedlinburgRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good78°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good78°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Mühle am Wall from across the Wallanlagen moatCityBremenRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good74°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schloss Augustusburg above the Zschopau valleyCountrysideChemnitz & the Ore MountainsChemnitzRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all 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 July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good76°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Frankfurt skyline from the Lohrberg vineyardCityFrankfurt & southern HesseFrankfurt · Darmstadt · WiesbadenRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good79°F afternoons · 11 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 July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good75°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Prinzipalmarkt toward St LambertiCountrysideMünsterRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good76°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Grabkapelle above the Rotenberg vineyardsCountrysideStuttgartRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good78°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Buntgarnwerke textile mills on the Weiße ElsterCityLeipzigRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.1/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good78°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Externsteine across the Wiembecke pondCountrysideDetmold & East WestphaliaBielefeldRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.9/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good76°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schrammsteine from a sandstone ledge near CarolafelsenCountrysideDresden & Saxon SwitzerlandDresdenRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.9/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good78°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.9/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good78°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Totengrund bowl in the Lüneburg HeathCountrysideLüneburgLüneburg HeathRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good74°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.6/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good78°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Rheinturm and MedienHafen across the yacht basinCityDüsseldorfRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good76°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Tempelhofer Feld runway and meadow toward the Berlin skylineCityBerlinRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good78°F afternoons · 9 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 July guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Lusen summit Blockmeer in the Bavarian ForestCountrysideLower BavariaPassau · Bavarian ForestRead the July guide ↗ Overall7.1/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good78°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonBusy 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good77°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good80°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Water-level canal in Lehde, SpreewaldCountrysideBrandenburgPotsdam · SpreewaldRead the July guide ↗ Overall6.5/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather8.6/10Very good78°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.5/10Very good79°F afternoons · 11 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather8.5/10Very good76°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak 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 July guide ↗ Overall6.6/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather8.4/10Very good77°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Königsstuhl chalk coast on RügenBeachMecklenburg-VorpommernRügen · Usedom · RostockRead the July guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#5 month here · Balanced Weather7.4/10Very good75°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Westerheversand lighthouse across the salt marshBeachSchleswig-HolsteinSylt · Lübeck · KielRead the July guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather7.1/10Very good73°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher 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

July weather & packing.

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

Typical afternoons
73–80°F
Typical nights
54–58°F
Rain days
9–13 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 80°F (27°C): T-shirt weather; nights around 58°F (14°C): a sweater and a light jacket. Bring rain gear: about 12 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
Saarland78°F56°F9excellent
Trier & the Moselle76°F55°F10excellent
Thuringia76°F55°F10very good
Koblenz & the Middle Rhine76°F55°F11very good
Central Hesse76°F55°F12very good
Braunschweig & the Harz (west)76°F55°F10very good
Hanover76°F55°F10very good
Mainz & the Palatinate80°F58°F9very good
Bamberg & Upper Franconia77°F55°F12very good
Kassel & northern Hesse75°F55°F12very good
Saxony-Anhalt78°F56°F10very good
Würzburg & Lower Franconia78°F56°F12very good
Bremen74°F55°F13very good
Chemnitz & the Ore Mountains75°F54°F12very good
Cologne & Bonn76°F56°F11very good
Frankfurt & southern Hesse79°F58°F11very good
Hamburg75°F55°F13very good
Münster76°F56°F12very good
Stuttgart78°F56°F12very good
Leipzig78°F57°F9very good
Detmold & East Westphalia76°F55°F11very good
Dresden & Saxon Switzerland78°F56°F11very good
Regensburg & the Upper Palatinate78°F56°F11very good
Lüneburg75°F55°F12very good
Weser-Ems & the North Sea coast74°F55°F13very good
Nuremberg & Middle Franconia78°F56°F10very good
Düsseldorf76°F56°F12very good
Berlin78°F57°F9very good
Dortmund & the Sauerland75°F55°F12very good
Lower Bavaria78°F57°F11very good
Tübingen & Upper Swabia77°F56°F12very good
Heidelberg & Karlsruhe80°F58°F12very good
Brandenburg78°F57°F9very good
Freiburg & the southern Black Forest79°F57°F11very good
Swabia & the Allgäu76°F55°F12very good
Munich & Upper Bavaria77°F56°F13very good
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern75°F56°F12very good
Schleswig-Holstein73°F55°F13very good

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Peak season, nationally.

July records 96% of August's overnight stays. 26 of 38 regions are in peak season against their own year. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

+1% 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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (65°F), Schleswig-Holstein (64°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: 54% of people in Germany live where schools are out on a typical July 2027 day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Germany through the year ↗

July 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.