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Photo by Bernd Thaller from Graz, Austria, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Best time to visit Konstanz

Germany · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Konstanz

Tap a month for its page

  1. Konstanz in January: avoid
  2. Konstanz in February: ok
  3. Konstanz in March: ok
  4. Konstanz in April: sweet spot
  5. Konstanz in May: good, busy
  6. Konstanz in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Konstanz in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Konstanz in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Konstanz in September: sweet spot
  10. Konstanz in October: ok
  11. Konstanz in November: avoid
  12. Konstanz in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug or Sep — these months score within a whisker of each other; 20C max, 10 rainy days. May is the next best.

Things to do in Konstanz

  • Mainau Inland island
  • Imperia statue By artist Peter Lenk.
  • Konstanz Cathedral Construction completed on the North Tower in about 1100 AD.
  • Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen Open air museum in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Birnau pilgrimage church Baroque pilgrimage church on Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Rosgartenmuseum Konstanz German Museum of Art, Culture and History of the City of Konstanz and the Lake Constance Region
  • Church of St. George Church on the island of Reichenau in the municipality of Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Tours and tickets in Konstanz

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Konstanz), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 4° 10d 84% 4.9h avoid bitter cold: 4C daily max
Feb 7° 9d 81% 6.1h ok 7C max, 9 rainy days
Mar 11° 10d 76% 8.3h ok 11C max, 10 rainy days
Apr 15° 9d 70% 10.1h sweet spot 15C max, 9 rainy days
May 19° 13d 72% 10.6h goodbusy busier than usual
Jun 24° 10d 69% 12.1h sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jul 25° 10d 68% 12.3h sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 25° 9d 73% 10.9h sweet spot busy busier than usual
Sep 20° 10d 78% 9.5h sweet spot 20C max, 10 rainy days
Oct 15° 10d 84% 7.0h ok 15C max, 10 rainy days
Nov 8° 11d 87% 4.6h avoid 8C max, 11 rainy days
Dec 5° 13d 87% 3.8h avoid bitter cold: 5C daily max

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the old town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from May to August; quietest in January, February, March, October and November.

Then and now

Konstanz's June days now average 24.4°C, 4.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–902.5°3.8°7.9°12.2°17.2°19.9°23.0°22.3°19.1°14.5°7.5°4.3°
2017–263.7°7.1°10.7°15.1°18.6°24.4°25.3°25.0°20.2°15.2°8.0°4.8°
Change+1.3°+3.3°+2.8°+2.9°+1.4°+4.6°+2.4°+2.7°+1.1°+0.7°+0.5°+0.5°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Zurich (ZRH), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Zurich.

Zurich (ZRH) the drive is not measured yet
Friedrichshafen (FDH) the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Konstanz is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Germany: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

  • Paying — Cash is still common: small cafés, independent shops and market stalls may not take cards, and foreign credit cards are less widely accepted. Supermarkets and chains take cards, often contactless.
  • UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
  • Tipping — Round up or add up to 10% in restaurants by telling the server the total as you pay. Give taxi drivers 5 to 10%.

Getting around Konstanz

  • Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Konstanz's centre (old town) is largely pedestrian and very walkable. The bus system is fast and efficient. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Konstanz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

  • Emergency — police 110 · ambulance and fire 112.
    TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Konstanz in pictures

Aerial image of the Konstanz airfield
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Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Konstanz Münster Westportal Pelagius 01
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Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Universität Konstanz Pausenbereich und Gebäude K
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JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Konstanz Aerial
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SimonWaldherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Konstanz Luftbild
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SimonWaldherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Konstanz is like

Konstanz is a city in southern Germany. It lies on the border with Switzerland and on Lake Constance (Bodensee) between Obersee and Untersee, exactly where the river Rhine exits the lake. The city is split in two by the Rhine. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
Konstanz Cathedral (Konstanzer Münster) (In the old town, at Münsterplatz). Construction completed on the North Tower in about 1100 AD. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
Take a boat trip on the lake. The ticket office is at the harbour, just past the pedestrian underpass. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Konstanz has no commercial airport. The closest airports are: Zurich Airport (Switzerland) (ZRH IATA). More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Konstanz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Konstanz

Also in Germany

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Kind of place

Konstanz is in Germany, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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