In May 2025, Berlin recorded an average of *** sunshine hours. This was a decrease compared to May 2024, when the sun was out for around *** hours.

In January 2025, Germany experienced an overall average of 61 sunshine hours, which was an increase compared to the previous month, despite it being winter. Sunshine hours are also referred to as sunshine duration. As can be seen on this graph, the amount that Germany receives differs by season, even quite starkly just by month. Sunniest states When looking at federal states in Germany in 2024, the sunniest states in summer were Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony. Confirming popular opinion, Hamburg was indeed the state with less sunshine hours in recent years, though not the least sunny compared to others further down the list. In winter, based on recent figures, Germany counted 392 sunshine hours. These figures may change more in the coming years due to the effects of climate change on the weather all over the country. National weather service The German National Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD) monitors the weather in Germany. The service is a federal authority providing information for the population and conducting scientific research. It is also responsible for issuing official warnings when weather conditions are predicted to be threatening.

This statistic shows the amount of sunshine hours in Germany during winter in 2024, by federal state. In 2024, Berlin was the federal state with the highest number of sunshine hours, at *** hours. Berlin was also the sunniest state in Germany in the year before, at *** hours of sunshine.

This statistic shows the number of summer sunshine hours in Germany in 2023 and 2024, by federal state. In summer 2024, Berlin in the south of Germany had 780 hours of sunshine, making it the sunniest state that year. The state with the least sunshine hours was North Rhine-Westphalia with only 650 sunshine hours in summer 2024.

The dataset contains an urban weather record from the hydro-meteorological monitoring station of the Institute of Geographical Sciences at the Freie Universitaet Berlin (working group Applied Geography, Environmental Hydrology and Resource Management; Geo Campus Lankwitz, Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin). The station is located at an elevation of 45 m a.s.l. and consists of a 7.5 x 7.5 m wide fenced measuring field covered by short grass which is cut in weekly intervals (spring to fall) to ensure reference evaporation conditions. The field is equipped with a range of redundant devices that record weather information. In this summary we focus on a description of the devices from which data were included in the published dataset. A actual list of all devices is available at the Website of the Hydrometeorological monitoring station "Berlin-Lankwitz, FU Geo Campus" (https://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geog/fachrichtungen/angeog/Messfeld-auf-dem-Campus/index.html). The dataset contains rainfall, air temperature, humidity, dew point temperature, air pressure, solar radiation as well as wind speed and direction, each measured in intervals of 15 min. It starts in January 2017 and is updated annually. Rainfall is collected with a Davis VantagePro tipping bucket which is part of the ISS (Integrated Sensor Suite, DAV-6323EU, manufactured before 2007) and mounted 2 m above ground. The collector diameter is 16.3 cm resulting in a collecting area of 210 cm². The measuring resolution of the tipping bucket is 0.25 mm (0.01 inch). During winter the DAVIS rain gauge is heated using the DAV-7720EU heating system. The begin of the heating period in each year is determined by the air temperature and starts before the daily minimum drops below 0°C. In addition a stainless steel Hellmann gauge with standard diameter of 16 cm (area: 200 m²) is installed on the monitoring field 1 m above ground. Rain water is collected in a steel can, which is emptied manually every morning from Monday to Friday using a DIN58667 measuring glass. Between December and February accumulated snow and ice is thawed. Paired data from the Hellman and DAVIS collector to assess accuracy are published separately (Reinhardt-Imjela et al. 2018). Temperature (°C), humidity (%) and air pressure (hPa) are measured 2 m above ground with the DAVIS ISS and the dew point is generated automatically from the data. Temperature includes mean, minimum and maximum of each 15 minute interval. Wind speed and direction are recorded by a Vaisale Weather Transmitter WXT520 2 m above ground. For solar radiation (W/m²) a Kipp & Zonen CMP3 Pyranometer is mounted also 2 m above ground. The data are provided as a tab-separated ASCII file with column names in the first line. The first column contains the date and time (date format: DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm). In the following columns all measured parameters are listed (units are included in the column name). Measuring errors or missing values are marked with “N/A”. Empty fields for the wind direction indicate intervals without measurable wind speed.

For the PV dashboard, a data set of all suitable Berlin roof areas with their inclination and orientation was used in order to calculate the potential solar power production in as much detail as possible. The calculated time series can be downloaded here in quarter hour resolution for further use.

The datasets provide three year-round worth of solar spectra for the optimum installation angle of 35° and the building-integrated-photovoltaics relevant vertical angle of 90°. The datasets were obtain measuring the spectrally resolved solar spectra in a five minute interval, using two sets of spectrometers which measure different ranges of the solar spectrum. In addition, the merge of these two spectra, related to every specific five minute interval measurement is provided. The data for each spectrometer and their merge are provided in compressed ZIP archives containing the CSV files related to a complete year of data for 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

The spring of 2024 was the warmest since measurements began in 1881. In Germany, the federal state with the highest average temperature in spring 2024 was the city state of Berlin, with an average temperature of 12.3 degrees Celsius. The federal state with the lowest average temperature was Schleswig-Holstein, with 10.3 degrees Celsius. On average, the temperature in Germany was 10.8 degrees Celsius, which shows an increase of more than two percent compared to the year before. See also the amount of precipitation in spring 2024 and the amount of sunshine hours in spring 2024 in Germany, by federal state.

Based on current monthly figures, on average, German climate has gotten a bit warmer. The average temperature for January 2025 was recorded at around 2 degrees Celsius, compared to 1.5 degrees a year before. In the broader context of climate change, average monthly temperatures are indicative of where the national climate is headed and whether attempts to control global warming are successful. Summer and winter Average summer temperature in Germany fluctuated in recent years, generally between 18 to 19 degrees Celsius. The season remains generally warm, and while there may not be as many hot and sunny days as in other parts of Europe, heat waves have occurred. In fact, 2023 saw 11.5 days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees, though this was a decrease compared to the year before. Meanwhile, average winter temperatures also fluctuated, but were higher in recent years, rising over four degrees on average in 2024. Figures remained in the above zero range since 2011. Numbers therefore suggest that German winters are becoming warmer, even if individual regions experiencing colder sub-zero snaps or even more snowfall may disagree. Rain, rain, go away Average monthly precipitation varied depending on the season, though sometimes figures from different times of the year were comparable. In 2024, the average monthly precipitation was highest in May and September, although rainfalls might increase in October and November with the beginning of the cold season. In the past, torrential rains have led to catastrophic flooding in Germany, with one of the most devastating being the flood of July 2021. Germany is not immune to the weather changing between two extremes, e.g. very warm spring months mostly without rain, when rain might be wished for, and then increased precipitation in other months where dry weather might be better, for example during planting and harvest seasons. Climate change remains on the agenda in all its far-reaching ways.

Germany Electricity decreased 29.73 EUR/MWh or 25.69% since the beginning of 2025, according to the latest spot benchmarks offered by sellers to buyers priced in megawatt hour (MWh). This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germany Electricity Price.

In April 2025, the average precipitation amounted to 31 liters per square meter, an increase compared to the previous month. The rainiest state in Germany was Saarland.

In urban areas, dense atmospheric observational networks with high-quality data are still a challenge due to high costs for installation and maintenance over time. Citizen weather stations (CWS) could be one answer to that issue. Since more and more owners of CWS share their measurement data publicly, crowdsourcing, i.e., the automated collection of large amounts of data from an undefined crowd of citizens, opens new pathways for atmospheric research. However, the most critical issue is found to be the quality of data from such networks. In this study, a statistically-based quality control (QC) is developed to identify suspicious air temperature (T) measurements from crowdsourced data sets. The newly developed QC exploits the combined knowledge of the dense network of CWS to statistically identify implausible measurements, independent of external reference data. The evaluation of the QC is performed using data from Netatmo CWS in Toulouse, France, and Berlin, Germany, over a 1-year period (July 2016 to June 2017), comparing the quality-controlled data with data from two networks of reference stations. The new QC efficiently identifies erroneous data due to solar exposition and siting issues, which are common error sources of CWS. Estimation of T is improved when averaging data from a group of stations within a restricted area rather than relying on data of individual CWS. However, a positive deviation in CWS data compared to reference data is identified, particularly for daily minimum T. To illustrate the transferability of the newly developed QC and the applicability of CWS data, a mapping of T is performed over the city of Paris, France, where spatial density of CWS is especially high.

Drivers had to pay ** cents per kilowatt hour for charging their electric car up to ** KW (AC) at a Mainova station as of 2024. In most cases, faster charging (DC) is noticeably more expensive regardless of the provider. Mainova, Stromnetz Hamburg/ Hamburg Energie, E.ON, Stadtwerke München, and Ionity rounded up the most expensive DC charging providers. Looking for the charger German EV charging stations are spread out across a variety of locations, with around ** percent located where one might expect them first – in parking lots. Significantly less were available on streets or at retail locations, which clearly signals the need to expand access in areas where drivers typically find themselves. On the other hand, the existing network is also based on demand. Currently, EV still make up a small share among passenger cars in Germany, but figures have been increasing all the same. This is definitely an area the German automotive industry wants to excel in. The accessibility of charging stations, as well as the issue of charging prices, are an integral part of the overall German EV market development. In competition with China As an electric vehicle manufacturer, Germany is up against some tough competition, with China expanding to become the largest electric car market in the world. Sales on Chinese soil are booming, and the number of electric cars in traffic is increasing as well. The charging station infrastructure in the country has extended rapidly to more than match the use of electric cars among the population. Encouragingly so, Germany has been activating an increasing number of public charging stations in the last decade. Noticeable jumps have been recorded since 2018 in particular, and even the COVID-19 pandemic did not put a brake on expansion.