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Garmisch-Partenkirchen weather by month

Garmisch-Partenkirchen runs from about 0°C in January to 20°C in August, with September the wettest month at 262 mm.

warmest month

August

20°C

coolest month

January

0°C

wettest month

September

262 mm

worst air month

March

11 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Garmisch-Partenkirchen
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January0°C115 mm163 h8
February6°C74 mm159 h6
March7°C114 mm241 h11
April9°C141 mm237 h7
May13°C235 mm276 h5
June17°C258 mm293 h5
July19°C203 mm329 h4
August20°C161 mm322 h6
September14°C262 mm241 h4
October12°C127 mm212 h6
November5°C61 mm214 h6
December0°C99 mm147 h8

About 2,834 hours of sun a year. Roughly 185 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-27. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.