Best Time to Visit Germany 2026
Germany — 2026 Season Guide
| Month | Season | Temperature | Crowds | Prices | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Winter | -2–5°C | Medium | Medium | Good |
| February | Winter | -2–5°C | Medium | Medium | Good |
| March | Spring | 5–18°C | Medium | Medium | Good |
| April | Spring | 5–18°C | Medium | Medium | Good |
| May | Spring | 5–18°C | Medium | Medium | ★ Best |
| June | Summer | 15–28°C | High | High | ★ Best |
| July | Summer | 15–28°C | High | High | ★ Best |
| August | Summer | 15–28°C | High | High | Good |
| September | Autumn | 5–16°C | High | High | ★ Best |
| October | Autumn | 5–16°C | High | High | Good |
| November | Autumn | 5–16°C | High | High | Good |
| December | Winter | -2–5°C | Medium | Medium | Good |
Season Overview
Spring
Mar, Apr, May
Gardens bloom, Rhine valley is beautiful. Pack layers.
Summer
Jun, Jul, Aug
Best weather, beer gardens, outdoor festivals. Book early.
Autumn
Sep, Oct, Nov
Oktoberfest in September. Beautiful foliage in Bavaria.
Winter
Dec, Jan, Feb
Christmas markets (Dec). Ski season in the Alps. Cozy atmosphere.
Month-by-Month Guide
New Year celebrations, ski season
Karneval in Cologne and Düsseldorf
Easter markets, spring begins
Cherry blossoms in Bonn, Easter holidays
May Day, Rhine in Flames festival
Longest days, outdoor concerts begin
Beer gardens, lake swimming
Wine festivals in Rhineland
Oktoberfest begins late September
Oktoberfest ends, autumn foliage
Christmas markets open late November
Christmas markets peak, Advent season
Plan from Your Country
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See which of your holidays align with the best months to visit Germany.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Eid al-Adha, Vesak Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Vesak Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (National Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Mother and Child Day, Naadam Holiday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Revolution Day, June 30 Revolution) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (International Labour Day, Downfall of the Derg, Eid al-Adha (Arefa), Patriots' Victory Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Derg Downfall Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Substitute Holiday, Constitution Memorial Day, Children's Day, Greenery Day, Constitution Day (substitute day), Children's Day, Constitution Memorial Day) align with Germany's travel season. 8 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Youth Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Youm-e-Takbeer, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Children's Day, Workers' Day, Id el Kabir, Worker's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), May Day, Buddha's Birthday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Bank Employee Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Pentecost, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (International Workers' Day, Labour Day, The Battle of Pichincha) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Africa Day, Labour Day, Worker's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Africa Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Eid al-Adha, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Labour Day, Day after Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 7 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi, Andean New Year, Andean Amazonic Chacoan New Year (substitutes), Andean Amazonian Chaqueño New Year) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Mother's Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour and Solidarity Day, Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour and Solidarity Day, Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day) align with Germany's travel season. 7 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Saga Dawa (Buddha's Enlightenment)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Victory Day, Spring and Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Liberation Day, Liberation Day (substitute day)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Imam Khomeini's Demise, Ashoura, Revolt of Khordad 15, Tasoua, Eid al-Ghadeer) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Victory in Europe Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, International Workers Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Youth Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Children's Day, Children's Day, Buddha's Birthday, Buddha's Birthday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Unity Day, Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Flag Day, Labour Day, Labour and Agriculture Day, Flag and Universities Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi, St. John's Day, Day of Murcia, Day of La Rioja) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Victory Day (substitute day), Victory day over Nazism in World War II, Pentecost, International Workers' Day, Victory Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Constitution Day, Labour Day, Labour Day, Pentecost, Constitution Day, May Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (National Holiday, National Aboriginal Day, Discovery Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Day of Remembrance and Honor) align with Germany's travel season.
Your holidays in September (National Hero Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Armed Forces Day, Defense Force’s Day, Revolution Day, Victory Day, Lusaka Peace Agreement) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Battle of Carabobo, Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, Corpus Christi, Battle of Carabobo) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Africa Day, Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Eid al-Adha, Martyrs' Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Day of the Strategic Forces, Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Ascension Day, Labour Day, National Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Dragon Boat Festival) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Liberation Day) align with Germany's travel season.
Your holidays in May (Pentecost, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, May Day, Constitution Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day and Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day), Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Eid al-Adha, Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Jour de l'Afrique, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day, Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kazakhstan People's Unity Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Kamuzu Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, African Freedom Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Liberation Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Portugal Day, Azores Day, National Day, Portugal Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Day of Victory over Fascism, Day of Victory over Fascism (substitute day), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Republic Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Pentecost, International Workers' Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Independence Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Labour day, Whit Monday, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Victory Day, Eid al-Adha, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), Rosh Hashanah (Day 2), Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Labour Day, Pentecost, Staatsfeiertag, National Holiday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 7 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Martyrs Day, Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Tabaski) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (The day following Birthday of the Buddha, Buddha's Birthday, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Revolution, Labour Day, Day of the First National Government) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Navy Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Sacred Heart, Saints Peter and Paul, Corpus Christi) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Saint George's Day, Labour Day, Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day, International Workers' Day, St. George's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Independence Day, Labour Day, Paraguayan Independence) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Arafat Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Army Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Soldiers' Day, The Day of the Cross, Labour Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (International Workers' Day, Constitution Day, Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Independence Day, Eid al-Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day, Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Victory Day, Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, General Prayer Day, Ascension Day, Bank closing day, Pentecost, Whit Monday, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Day, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (International Workers' Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Constitution Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Whit Monday, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Constitution Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Labour Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Matariki) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (National Unification Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Africa Day, Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Anti-Fascist Struggle Day, Corpus Christi) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Day of Victory over Fascism, Independence Day, Saint Andrew the First-Called Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Victory Day, Labour Day (Moldova), Bălţi Day, Victory and Commemoration Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (International Workers' Day, Battle of Las Piedras, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Day / International Workers' Day, 2nd day of the Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day, Victory Day over fascism) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa, Independence Day (substitute day), Puerto Rico Constitution Day, Independence Day, Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa, Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera, Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Republic Day, Labour Day, Victory and Peace Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, May Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (St. John's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Genocide Remembrance Day, Africa Day, Cassinga Day, Ascension Day, Workers' Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Africa Day, Tabaski) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Sir Seretse Khama Day, Presidents' Day, Presidents' Day, Sir Seretse Khama Day, President’s Day Holiday, President’s Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Martyr's Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Africa Day/ Heroes' Day, Ascension Day, Workers' Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (substitute day), Labour Day, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Pentecost, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Midsummer, Midsummer Eve, Līgo Day, Jāņi Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Europe Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Arafat Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Labour Day, Corpus Christi) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Midsummer Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi, President's Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Arafat Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Independence Day, Labour Day, Arrival Day, Eid Ul Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Victory Day, Victory Day, Labour Day, Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Tuen Ng Festival, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Labour Day (2nd day), Labour Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Independence Day, Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Labour Day, Labour Day, Europe Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Victory Day, Independence Day, Feast of Our Lady of Victories) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Victory Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Abolition of Slavery) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Victory Day, Abolition of Slavery, Labour Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Independence Day, Saint George's Caye Day, Saint George's Caye Day, National Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (May Day, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Ascension Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, May Day, Labour Day, Whit Monday, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Victory Day, Labour Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Day of the Martyrs, Day of National Unity, Islamic New Year) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Armed Forces Day, Armed Forces Day, Armed Forces Day (substitute day), Agricultural Reform Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Labour Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Liberation Day, Independence Day, Independence Day (substitute day)) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Labour Day, Indian Arrival Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Hurricane Supplication Day, Emancipation Day, Independence Day (substitute day), Independence Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Emancipation Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi, Constitution Day, Independence Day, National Holiday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Liberation Day, Liberation Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Early May Bank Holiday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Spring Bank Holiday, Early May Bank Holiday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Liberation Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Early May Bank Holiday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Constitution Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Bermuda Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Pentecost, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Bank closing day, General Prayer Day, Prayer Day) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Memorial Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension Day, Whit Monday, General Prayer Day, Pentecost, Great Prayer Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pentecost) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Whit Monday, Labour Day, Ascension Day, Labour Day, May Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 7 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Feiertagsbrücke, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (National Heroes' Day) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Victory Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Labour Day, abolition of slavery) align with Germany's travel season. 5 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Corpus Christi) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Spring Bank Holiday, May Day Bank Holiday, May Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Sovereign’s Birthday, Virgin Islands Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, May Day, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Ra o te Ui Ariki (House of Ariki)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Victory Day, Ascension Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Labour Day, Anguilla Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Whit Monday, Ascension Day, Victory Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Whit Monday, Saint Helena Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Victory Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Victory Day, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 6 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Pentecost, Saint Joseph the Worker, Ascension Day, Anniversary of the election of Pope Leo XIV) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Hari Raya Haji) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Ascension of Jesus Christ, Labour Day, Eid al-Adha, Ascension Day, Vesak Day, Vesak Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 7 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Hari Raya Haji (Tentative Date), Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day, Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day) align with Germany's travel season. 4 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in July (Asalha Puja, Buddhist Lent Day, Asanha Bucha Day, King's Birthday, King's Birthday) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Boun Bang Fai (Rocket Festival), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Eid al-Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Eid al-Adha, Full Moon of Kasone, Labour Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in September (Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmashtami) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) align with Germany's travel season. 1 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Arafat Day (Day of Arafah), Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in May (Labour Day, Eid al-Adha) align with Germany's travel season. 2 long weekend(s) available.
Your holidays in June (Ashura, Islamic New Year, Islamic New Year, Revolution Day) align with Germany's travel season. 3 long weekend(s) available.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the best time to visit Germany in 2026?
- The best time is May to September for warm weather and outdoor activities, or late November to December for Christmas markets. September is ideal if you want Oktoberfest (starts mid-September in Munich). May and June offer the best weather with fewer crowds.
- When is Oktoberfest 2026?
- Oktoberfest 2026 runs from mid-September to the first Sunday in October in Munich. It lasts about 16 days. Book accommodation 6+ months ahead — Munich hotels sell out and prices triple during the festival.
- When do Christmas markets open in Germany?
- German Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) typically open in late November, around the last week of November, and run through December 23rd. Nuremberg, Dresden, and Cologne have the most famous markets. Some open as early as mid-November.
- Which countries have holidays during Germany's best season?
- Travelers from Malaysia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Iraq, Egypt, Ethiopia, Japan, China have public holidays that overlap with the best months to visit Germany.