Frankfurt and Stuttgart have similar daytime temperatures, Stuttgart gets 128 mm (5 in) more rain a year.
Frankfurt is at its warmest in July and coolest in January, while Stuttgart peaks in August and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Frankfurt is the warmer of the two in 11 of 11 months.
Stuttgart is the wetter of the two, collecting 811 mm (31.9 in) of rain a year against 683 mm (26.9 in) in Frankfurt. The most comfortable time to visit is June, July and August in Frankfurt and June, July and August in Stuttgart.
| Frankfurt | Metric | Stuttgart |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 21.9°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 21.5°C |
| -0.4°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | -1.1°C |
| July | 🔥Hottest month | August |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 683 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 811 mm |
| May | ☔Wettest month | May |
| February | 🏜️Driest month | February |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 79% | 💧Average humidity | 81% |
| 2.5 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 2.6 m/s |
Overnight, Frankfurt typically falls to around -0.4°C (31.3°F) while Stuttgart settles near -1.1°C (30°F).
Frankfurt is hottest in July and coldest in January, whereas Stuttgart peaks in August and is coolest in January.
Frankfurt sees the most rain in May and the least in February; Stuttgart is wettest in May and driest in February.
Stuttgart feels the more humid of the two, averaging 81% relative humidity against 79%.
For Stuttgart, the pick of the year is June, July and August.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Frankfurt | Stuttgart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | -9.8 | -0.1❄️ | 9.6 | -10.5 | -0.4❄️ | 9.8 |
| February | -8.3 | 1.6 | 11.5 | -9.3 | 1.3 | 11.8 |
| March | -4.7 | 6.2 | 17 | -5.4 | 5.9 | 17.3 |
| April | -2.5 | 9.9 | 22.3 | -2.9 | 9.4 | 21.8 |
| May | 2.6 | 14.6 | 26.6 | 2.1 | 13.9 | 25.7 |
| June | 6.6 | 19 | 31.3 | 6.4 | 18.1 | 29.7 |
| July | 9.4 | 21.7🔥 | 33.9 | 9 | 20.6🔥 | 32.2 |
| August | 8.9 | 21.3 | 33.7 | 8.5 | 20.4 | 32.4 |
| September | 5 | 16.8 | 28.5 | 4.4 | 16.1 | 27.9 |
| October | -0.2 | 11.2 | 22.6 | -0.6 | 11.2 | 22.9 |
| November | -4.1 | 5.7 | 15.4 | -4.9 | 5.4 | 15.6 |
| December | -8.1 | 1.2 | 10.5 | -9.4 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Annual Avg | -0.4 | 10.8 | 21.9 | -1 | 10.2 | 21.5 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Frankfurt and Stuttgart feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Frankfurt and Stuttgart — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Frankfurt and Stuttgart are about equally warm. Daytime highs average 21.9°C (71.4°F) in Frankfurt and 21.5°C (70.7°F) in Stuttgart, so neither is clearly the warmer choice over the year. Nights are milder in Frankfurt, with average lows of -0.4°C (31.3°F) versus -1.1°C (30°F).
Frankfurt is hottest in July, averaging highs of about 33.9°C (93.1°F), while Stuttgart peaks in August at around 32.4°C (90.2°F). That makes Frankfurt the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Stuttgart gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about -10.5°C (13.2°F), compared with -9.8°C (14.4°F) at the low point of the year in Frankfurt.
Stuttgart is the wetter city, collecting about 811 mm (31.9 in) of rain a year versus 683 mm (26.9 in) in Frankfurt. Frankfurt is wettest in May and driest in February; Stuttgart is wettest in May and driest in February.
Humidity is similar in both, averaging around 79% in Frankfurt and 81% in Stuttgart across the year.
The most comfortable months in Frankfurt are June, July and August, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Stuttgart is at its most pleasant around June, July and August, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Frankfurt is the warmer city in all 11 months of the year. The gap is widest in July, about 1.1°C (2°F), and narrowest in October, about 0°C (0°F).
Both have a similar seasonal range — around 21.8°C (39.2°F) between the coldest and hottest months — so neither climate is noticeably more extreme than the other.
On climate alone, Frankfurt comes out ahead — it offers less rain than Stuttgart. Stuttgart is the better fit only if you'd actually prefer more rainfall.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Frankfurt and Stuttgart, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
