Oktoberfest: what was the weather like at past editions?

Across 30 editions of Oktoberfest from 1994 to 2025, 41% of festival days had rain (≥ 1 mm), and a day of 30 °C or more came at 1 of 30 editions. Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), data to 2025.

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

Calculated 3 November 2026 · weather: ERA5 1994–2025 · edition dates checked 2 November 2026

30 / 30editions with at least one rainy day

41%of festival days rainy

1 / 30editions with a day ≥ 30 °C

0 °C (2002)coldest night

42 mmmedian rain per edition

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

Climate of the usual dates

If the next edition falls on its usual dates (19 September – 4 October), the weather on those calendar days in 1991–2025 gives these odds:

40% — share of rainy days
17 °C — average daily maximum
3% — chance of a day of 30 °C or more
94% — chance of a night below 8 °C

Average daily maximum on these dates: 17.2 °C in 1991–2005, 17.5 °C in 2011–2025.

Weather at past editions

editions with at least one rainy day · Rain, mm

Year	Dates	Rainy days	Rain	Max	Night min
2025	20 September – 5 October	8 / 16	44 mm	30 °C	0 °C
2024	21 September – 6 October	11 / 16	58 mm	22 °C	3 °C
2023	16 September – 3 October	4 / 18	25 mm	26 °C	7 °C
2022	17 September – 3 October	11 / 17	102 mm	18 °C	2 °C
2019	21 September – 6 October	9 / 16	65 mm	22 °C	3 °C
2018	22 September – 7 October	4 / 16	39 mm	24 °C	2 °C
2017	16 September – 3 October	8 / 18	39 mm	20 °C	6 °C
2016	17 September – 3 October	6 / 17	67 mm	24 °C	5 °C
2015	19 September – 4 October	3 / 16	27 mm	21 °C	4 °C
2014	20 September – 5 October	6 / 16	46 mm	22 °C	2 °C
2013	21 September – 6 October	4 / 16	25 mm	22 °C	2 °C
2012	22 September – 7 October	7 / 16	46 mm	23 °C	6 °C
2011	17 September – 3 October	3 / 17	34 mm	25 °C	6 °C
2010	18 September – 3 October	5 / 16	34 mm	23 °C	4 °C
2009	19 September – 4 October	1 / 16	3 mm	23 °C	6 °C
2008	20 September – 5 October	8 / 16	32 mm	16 °C	2 °C
2007	22 September – 7 October	8 / 16	56 mm	23 °C	6 °C
2006	16 September – 3 October	8 / 18	51 mm	24 °C	9 °C
2005	17 September – 3 October	7 / 17	57 mm	21 °C	6 °C
2004	18 September – 3 October	11 / 16	58 mm	22 °C	5 °C
2003	20 September – 5 October	8 / 16	60 mm	28 °C	4 °C
2002	21 September – 6 October	11 / 16	87 mm	18 °C	0 °C
2001	22 September – 7 October	8 / 16	29 mm	26 °C	5 °C
2000	16 September – 3 October	8 / 18	107 mm	23 °C	6 °C
1999	18 September – 3 October	10 / 16	77 mm	24 °C	7 °C
1998	19 September – 4 October	6 / 16	22 mm	20 °C	4 °C
1997	20 September – 5 October	3 / 16	17 mm	21 °C	4 °C
1996	21 September – 6 October	5 / 16	25 mm	24 °C	2 °C
1995	16 September – 3 October	5 / 18	35 mm	20 °C	4 °C
1994	17 September – 3 October	7 / 17	40 mm	25 °C	3 °C

How to read these numbers

ERA5 is a reanalysis on a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): it counts slightly more light-rain days than nearby weather stations (by about 5–7 percentage points) and gives daytime highs about 1–2.5 °C below station readings, so real hot days were hotter than shown here.
Edition window: the official programme days (main festival days, without camping or warm-up days before the start).
Dates of past editions follow the rule described in Wikipedia (de: Oktoberfest): “Traditionell beginnt es am Samstag nach dem 15. September”. We applied it to 1994–2025, leaving out 2020–21 (cancelled or held differently).

Dates and sources

Coordinates: 48.133, 11.550; ERA5 cell centred at 48.25, 11.50 (average ground height of the cell 501 m).

Oktoberfest: what was the weather like at past editions?

Climate of the usual dates

Weather at past editions

How to read these numbers

Dates and sources

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