Germany's alpine fringe — lakes and castles in summer, a dependable ski season in winter. Daytime highs in the Bavarian Alps run from about -0 °C in January to 19 °C in July, an annual range of roughly 19 °C.
Measured against a snow trip, the conditions hold up December to February. January is the most consistent single month: highs near -0 °C, nights around -10 °C, and roughly 113 mm of precipitation across the month.
The binding constraint here is temperature and snow cover — that is what rules months out, not any composite judgement. March is the weakest month on these criteria.
Month by month
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Precip mm | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0 | -10 | 113 | 14.3 |
| February | 2 | -8 | 99 | 13.8 |
| March | 5 | -5 | 115 | 16.0 |
| April | 9 | -1 | 143 | 17.1 |
| May | 13 | 3 | 195 | 21.3 |
| June | 17 | 7 | 220 | 20.9 |
| July | 19 | 9 | 231 | 21.4 |
| August | 18 | 9 | 207 | 19.3 |
| September | 16 | 6 | 162 | 16.9 |
| October | 11 | 2 | 128 | 13.8 |
| November | 5 | -4 | 104 | 13.6 |
| December | 1 | -8 | 112 | 14.9 |
Ticked rows are months where every hard requirement for a snow trip is met across at least half the month.
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Figures are 30-year climatology sampled at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Berchtesgaden, Oberstdorf, Mittenwald and Fussen, averaged across those locations, from ERA5-Land reanalysis fitted with a harmonic seasonal cycle and a trend term, evaluated for 2026. Sampling named towns rather than averaging the whole region avoids blending valley and mountain conditions into a figure true of neither. Cells are about 0.08° wide, from ERA5-Land's 0.1° grid, which is itself driven by a 0.25° (~28 km) atmospheric reanalysis — so individual valleys, sheltered bays and single summits are not resolved. In steep terrain read these as conditions for the wider area rather than for one village. They describe typical conditions, not a forecast. Read how the climatology is built.