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The city of Berlin is characterized by an oceanic climate which tends, in part, to become a continental climate, with cold and relatively rainy winters, while the summers are mild and rainy. Berlin has three months of frost per year, the capital of Germany in fact recorded average minimum temperatures below freezing between December and mid-March. The coldest month of the year is January, in this month the average daily temperature is close to zero.
During the summer, average temperatures are never very high, the average maximum temperature not exceeding 24 ° C, while the average daily temperatures in July and August are around 19 ° C. The hottest months are July and August, with an average temperature of 19 ° C and 18.9 ° C, while the coldest month is January with an average temperature of 0.5 ° C.
The rain is well distributed in every month of the year, but the summer months between June and August are the wettest, in a year fall in average 570 mm of rain. Berlin has about 100 days of rain per year. The month of December has more rainy days, on average, 11.4 per month, while the months of June, July and August have only 7 days of rain each.
The three summer months of June, July and August are the wettest of the year for the amount of rain fall. The snow often falls in winter, usually in the months between December and March, but rarely remains on the ground for more than a few days.
WHEN TO GO TO BERLIN
The best time to visit the city is from late April to late September. Berlin is still a destination of great interest throughout the year.
THE CLIMATE OF BERLIN: CLIMATE TABLES
BERLIN (50 meters) | ||||
Month | Average low (°C) | Average high (°C) | Precip. (mm) | Precip. days |
January | -1,9 | 2,9 | 42,3 | 10,0 |
February | -1,5 | 4,2 | 33,3 | 8,0 |
March | 1,3 | 8,5 | 40,5 | 9,1 |
April | 4,2 | 13,3 | 37,1 | 7,8 |
May | 9,0 | 18,9 | 53,8 | 8,9 |
June | 12,3 | 21,6 | 68,7 | 7,0 |
July | 14,3 | 23,7 | 55,5 | 7,0 |
August | 14,1 | 23,6 | 58,2 | 7,0 |
September | 10,6 | 18,8 | 45,1 | 7,8 |
October | 6,4 | 13,4 | 37,3 | 7,6 |
November | 2,2 | 7,1 | 43,6 | 9,6 |
December | -0,4 | 4,4 | 55,3 | 11,4 |
YEAR | 5,9 | 13,3 | 570,7 | 101,2 |