Europe
Germany
About 82.9M people live in Germany, on 357,021 km² in 16 regions; the capital is Berlin. The highest summit is Zugspitze (2,962 m).
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
Best weather in OctoberStuttgart 51
October: highs14° – 15°
Rain this month, on average55mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: May–Jun · Sep.
Germany at a glance
The atlas follows 75,795 places here month by month, with 3,560 mountains and 54,634 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are May, June and September.
Berlin now12°CCloudy · 15:31Sunrise · sunset07:44 · 17:58BerlinNext holiday25 DecemberChristmas DayEarthquakes0in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events520502 concerts · 18 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 2UK 1Exercise increased caution
75,795places in 16 regions3,560summits, highest Zugspitze54,634monuments6,668museums3,683lakes41beaches71ski areas95festivals24,918huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Germany's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+20%69.8M in 1950 → 84.1M in 2025 → 78.3M in 2050Germany · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$75,4002025 · 17/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy80.82024 · 47/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities82 %2025 · 52/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet93 %2024 · 40/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.362024 · 181/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover33 %2024 · 105/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Germany
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of Germany
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
47OctoberBerlin
May · Aug–Sep
14° / 6°40 mm
38OctoberHamburg
May · Jul · Sep
14° / 6°69 mm
49OctoberMunich
Jul–Sep
14° / 5°69 mm
51OctoberStuttgart
May–Jun · Sep
15° / 6°64 mm
48OctoberDüsseldorf
May · Aug–Sep
15° / 8°73 mm
49OctoberCologne
Jul–Sep
15° / 8°67 mm
50OctoberFrankfurt am Main
Apr · Jun · Sep
15° / 7°66 mm
47OctoberWiesbaden
Jun · Aug–Sep
15° / 7°61 mm
16 regions
Bavaria21,679 places · 1,360 summits · Munich
Lower Saxony8,592 places · 335 summits · Braunschweig
North Rhine-Westphalia8,485 places · 326 summits · Düsseldorf
Baden-Wurttemberg7,435 places · 297 summits · Stuttgart
Saxony4,478 places · 241 summits · Leipzig
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern4,410 places · 11 summits · Schwerin
Brandenburg3,872 places · 46 summits · Potsdam
Rheinland-Pfalz3,816 places · 244 summits · Mainz
Schleswig-Holstein3,463 places · 8 summits · Lübeck
Hesse3,153 places · 401 summits · Frankfurt am Main
Thuringia2,971 places · 174 summits · Erfurt
Saxony-Anhalt2,847 places · 87 summits · Magdeburg
Saarland515 places · 19 summits · Saarbrücken
Hamburg40 places · 2 summits · Hamburg
Bremen29 places · Bremen
State of Berlin10 places · 6 summits · Berlin
Germany from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Germany
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Nature in Germany
Summit2,962 m
Zugspitze
Summit2,874 m
Schneefernerkopf
Summit2,815 m
Zugspitzeck
Lake
Chiemsee
Lake
Lake Starnberg
Lake
AmmerseeWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Germany
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
T1
Rheinfelden - Bachtele
6.8 km160 m2 h 5 min
T1
Etzgen Postauto - Rheinsulz
5.2 km122 m1 h 35 min
T1
Rappertshüseren - Stelli
3.4 km62 m1 h
Viewpoints9,879Camp sites7,655Climbing3,956Zoos1,043Golf courses861Mountain huts552Theme parks447Water parks210Hot springs & thermal baths180Surf spots97
Skiliftkarussell Winterberg60 km of pistes · 31 lifts
Brauneck59 km of pistes · 19 lifts
Skigebiet Garmisch-Classic46 km of pistes · 18 lifts
Spitzingsee-Tegernsee32 km of pistes · 11 lifts
Sudelfeld - Bayrischzell29 km of pistes · 14 lifts
Balderschwang – Hochschelpen/Riedberger Horn28 km of pistes · 11 lifts
Skigebiet Oberwiesenthal28 km of pistes · 15 lifts
Skigebiet Feldberg26 km of pistes · 21 lifts
Culture in Germany
54,634 monuments and 6,668 museums; the best known first.
Neuschwanstein CastleBuilt 1869 · Gothic Revival
Cologne CathedralBuilt 1248 · Gothic
Aachen CathedralBuilt 801 · Gothic
Speyer CathedralBuilt 1080 · Romanesque
Würzburg ResidenceBuilt 1719 · baroque
Wieskirche, SteingadenBuilt 1754 · Rococo
Museum
Neues MuseumBuilt 1855
Museum
Gemäldegalerie Alte MeisterBuilt 1560What's on in Germany
Coming matches
23OctVfB Stuttgart – Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga · Stuttgart · 20:30
24Oct1. FSV Mainz 05 – SV Werder BremenBundesliga · Mainz · 15:30
24Oct1. FC Köln – FC Schalke 04Bundesliga · Cologne · 15:30
24OctRB Leipzig – SV 07 ElversbergBundesliga · Leipzig · 15:30
24OctSC Paderborn 07 – Hamburger SVBundesliga · Paderborn · 15:30
Concerts and shows
22OctThe HuPalladium · Cologne
22OctAcresMonkeys Music Club · Hamburg
22OctChristian Chako HabekostGesellschaftshaus der BASF · Mannheim
22OctCarte BlancheAlte Feuerwache · Mannheim
22OctDanger DanSchlachthof Wiesbaden · Wiesbaden
The ground and the sky in Germany
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 19509magnitude 5+, of them 0 of 6+StrongestM5.5Erp 3 km ↘ · 1951Deadliest2,000deaths · 1510The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · BerlinNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~16 an hour21 October · BerlinNorthern lightsKp 4.9is enough somewhere in the country
Getting to Germany
22 large airports, 7,187 railway stations, 1,032 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Berlin Brandenburg AirportBER · Berlin
19 kmHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHAM · Hamburg
8.9 kmMunich AirportMUC · Munich
29 kmStuttgart AirportSTR · Stuttgart
11 kmDüsseldorf AirportDUS · Düsseldorf
7.4 kmCologne Bonn AirportCGN · Cologne
16 kmBerlin AlexanderplatzBerlin
0.3 kmHamburg HauptbahnhofHamburg
0.9 kmMarienplatzMunich
0 kmStuttgart Hauptbahnhof (tief)Stuttgart
0.2 kmDüsseldorf HauptbahnhofDüsseldorf
1.1 kmKöln SüdCologne
1.1 kmSchnickmannstraße→ Warnemünde
0.7 kmKiel Schwedenkai→ Stena Line Tysklandsterminalen
0.4 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCF230 V
Emergency112Calling code +49
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyEuroEUR
LanguagesGerman
Local time15:31Berlin
Tipping
Round up or add 5–10% for good service, and tell the server the total as you pay rather than leaving coins on the table.