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Germany, month by month

Where in Germany is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Germany in January

Plan January

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bamberg, Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Munich, Nuremberg, Potsdam, Rhine Valley (Rüdesheim, Bacharach & St Goar), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Saxon Switzerland (Bastei), Stuttgart, Würzburg.

Germany in February

Plan February

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bamberg, Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Munich, Nuremberg, Potsdam, Rhine Valley (Rüdesheim, Bacharach & St Goar), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Saxon Switzerland (Bastei), Stuttgart, Würzburg.

Can fall this month

  • Cologne Carnival (dates shift yearly)

Germany in March

Plan March

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bamberg, Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Berlin, Black Forest (Titisee & Triberg), Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Munich, Neuschwanstein & Füssen, Nuremberg, Potsdam, Rhine Valley (Rüdesheim, Bacharach & St Goar), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Saxon Switzerland (Bastei), Stuttgart, Würzburg.

Can fall this month

  • Cologne Carnival (dates shift yearly)

Germany in April

Plan April

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Berlin, Black Forest (Titisee & Triberg), Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze, Hamburg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Munich, Neuschwanstein & Füssen, Nuremberg, Potsdam.

Germany in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze.

Can fall this month

  • Rhine in Flames (Rhein in Flammen)
  • Hamburg Port Anniversary (Hafengeburtstag)

Germany in June

Plan June

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Bachfest Leipzig

Germany in July

Plan July

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Rhine in Flames (Rhein in Flammen)

Germany in August

Plan August

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Rhine in Flames (Rhein in Flammen)

Germany in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Oktoberfest
  • Rhine in Flames (Rhein in Flammen)
  • Cannstatter Volksfest (Wasen)
  • Festival of Lights

Germany in October

Plan October

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze, Hamburg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Nuremberg, Potsdam.

Can fall this month

  • Oktoberfest
  • Cannstatter Volksfest (Wasen)
  • Festival of Lights

Germany in November

Plan November

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bamberg, Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Berlin, Black Forest (Titisee & Triberg), Dresden, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Leipzig, Lübeck, Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Munich, Neuschwanstein & Füssen, Potsdam, Rhine Valley (Rüdesheim, Bacharach & St Goar), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Saxon Switzerland (Bastei), Stuttgart, Würzburg.

Can fall this month

  • Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
  • Dresden Striezelmarkt
  • Munich Christmas markets
  • Cologne Christmas markets
  • Christmas markets across Germany
  • Cologne Carnival (dates shift yearly)

Germany in December

Plan December

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Berchtesgaden & Königssee, Black Forest (Titisee & Triberg), Hamburg, Lake Constance (Lindau & Meersburg), Moselle Valley (Cochem & Burg Eltz), Potsdam, Rhine Valley (Rüdesheim, Bacharach & St Goar), Saxon Switzerland (Bastei), Stuttgart, Würzburg.

Can fall this month

  • Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
  • Dresden Striezelmarkt
  • Munich Christmas markets
  • Cologne Christmas markets
  • Christmas markets across Germany
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