Weather

Nuremberg has a random assortment of weather, day after day. It could be cold or warm, sunny or rainy, windy or tranquil - or every combination thereof.

Meteorologists blame the area's changeable weather conditions on alternating maritime and continental weather masses. Other factors include topography and altitude. There are lots of microclimates in Bavaria, so day-trippers may walk into another climate altogether. Oberstdorf in the Allgaü, for instance, is drenched by an average 1800mm of rain each year, while Nuremberg gets around 600mm.

Nuremberg is consistently cold in the winter months. Temperatures barely shift from night to daytime, dropping to just below zero overnight and rising a shade above zero during the (brief) hours of sunlight. From December through to March, expect twenty or so days below freezing each month. The Alps are subject to snowfall from late October to May, while there has not been snow in the Main and Danube Valleys in years. Summer is mild but not hot - it only pushes beyond 30°C (86°F) on a day or two each year.