Erfurt climate — normals and trends
Erfurt (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 622 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Erfurt averages 85 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Erfurt has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 19 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ErfurtThuringia
- coords
- 50.98°, 11.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
622mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.3 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
70 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
3 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.7 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 27 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 18 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 50 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 38 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 45 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 72 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 59 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 78 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Erfurt?
Erfurt has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 622 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Erfurt?
The hottest day measured in Erfurt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Erfurt?
The coldest day measured in Erfurt between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Erfurt?
Yes. Erfurt gets on average 47.7 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Erfurt warmed?
Yes: Erfurt warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Erfurt?
The wettest day measured in Erfurt between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Erfurt?
The windiest day measured in Erfurt between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Erfurt?
The warmest month in Erfurt is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Erfurt?
Erfurt receives on average 622 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Erfurt?
Erfurt gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Erfurt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Erfurt between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 17.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Erfurt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Erfurt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Erfurt?
In Erfurt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 3 August 1943, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 19 January 1940.
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