Weekly note
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Frankfurt from Auckland

18,181 km, about 23h 05m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Frankfurt and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Frankfurt in January: avoid
  2. Frankfurt in February: ok
  3. Frankfurt in March: ok
  4. Frankfurt in April: good
  5. Frankfurt in May: sweet spot
  6. Frankfurt in June: sweet spot
  7. Frankfurt in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Frankfurt in August: sweet spot
  9. Frankfurt in September: good
  10. Frankfurt in October: ok
  11. Frankfurt in November: avoid
  12. Frankfurt in December: avoid, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in May–Aug — these months score within a whisker of each other; 21C max, 8 rainy days. Apr is the next best.

Month by month from Auckland

No fare history on AKL–FRA yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds VerdictWhy
Jan 5° 10d 80 avoid bitter cold: 5C daily max
Feb 8° 9d 80 ok 8C max, 9 rainy days
Mar 12° 9d 73 ok 12C max, 9 rainy days
Apr 16° 7d 80 good 16C max, 7 rainy days
May 21° 8d 100 sweet spot 21C max, 8 rainy days
Jun 26° 7d 76 sweet spot 26C max, 7 rainy days
Jul 27° 6d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 27° 5d 72 sweet spot 27C max, 5 rainy days
Sep 22° 7d 91 good 22C max, 7 rainy days
Oct 16° 9d 85 ok 16C max, 9 rainy days
Nov 9° 10d 80 avoid 9C max, 10 rainy days
Dec 6° 11d 61 avoid busy busier than usual

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

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in NZ as well as at Frankfurt, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in July; quietest in January and February.

The year in Frankfurt

Weather can be quite variable; spring and autumn are generally pleasant, while winter can be cold and dreary. Please check local events for any possible disruptions.

Busiest
early Jun to late Aug — Warm weather ideal for outdoor activities and festivals attract larger crowds.
Quieter, still good
early Apr to late May — Mild temperatures with fewer tourists, offering better value.
early Sep to late Oct — Autumn colors and cooler weather, less crowded than summer.
early Nov to late Nov — Begin to enter winter with fewer visitors and lower prices.

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

Frankfurt from anywhere · everywhere from Auckland

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