Festival Weather Odds

Festival and marathon weather in Germany

18 festivals and races in Germany with at least 10 dated editions since 1991, with the weather of every past edition from ERA5 (1991–2025).

Data updated: 2 November 2026 · Sources, licences and data

Calculated 3 November 2026 · weather: ERA5 1991–2025 · edition dates checked 2 November 2026

Music festivals

EventCountryUsual datesRain on ≥ 1 dayDay ≥ 30 °CEditions
Hurricane FestivalGermanyGermany21–23 June85%7%27
Melt! FestivalGermanyGermany15–17 July76%33%21
Nature OneGermanyGermany2–4 August63%11%27
Rock am RingGermanyGermany3–5 June90%3%31
Rock im ParkGermanyGermany3–5 June85%12%26
Splash!GermanyGermany11–13 July76%4%25
Summer Breeze Open AirGermanyGermany16–18 August75%12%16

City and folk festivals

EventCountryUsual datesShare of rainy daysDay ≥ 30 °CEditions
Cologne Carnival (street carnival)GermanyGermany16–21 February42%0%33
Kiel WeekGermanyGermany19–27 June46%6%33
OktoberfestGermanyGermany19 September – 4 October41%3%30

Marathons and half marathons

EventCountryUsual datesAvg at 9:00Rain in race hoursEditions
Berlin MarathonGermanyGermany26 September12 °C15%34
Düsseldorf MarathonGermanyGermany2 May12 °C29%17
Hamburg Half MarathonGermanyGermany26 June17 °C24%25
Hamburg MarathonGermanyGermany26 April10 °C19%32
Hannover MarathonGermanyGermany2 May9 °C18%33
Leipzig MarathonGermanyGermany21 April9 °C36%33
Munich MarathonGermanyGermany12 October8 °C12%25
Münster MarathonGermanyGermany10 September15 °C9%23

Climate, not a forecast: these are statistics of past weather, not a forecast for the next edition.

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