Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is August, averaging a high of 27°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of -2°C.
Karlsruhe is the third-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Karlsruhe average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | -2°C | 3 mm |
| February | 5°C | -2°C | 3 mm |
| March | 11°C | 1°C | 3 mm |
| April | 15°C | 4°C | 3 mm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 3 mm |
| July | 26°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 3 mm |
| September | 22°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| October | 16°C | 6°C | 3 mm |
| November | 9°C | 2°C | 3 mm |
| December | 4°C | -1°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 40°C on 2003-08-09
- Coldest day on record: -23°C on 1982-01-14
Percentiles compare each day to Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →