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Best Time for The Harz: Goslar to Quedlinburg
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Sweet spot: March, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Steam trains climb the Brocken through clear air, and thirteen hundred half-timbered houses photograph best under soft light with window boxes in bloom.
- Snow suits the witches' mountain — the Brocken train runs all winter and the Christmas markets fill squares that haven't changed in five centuries.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9°C | 2.4°C | 64 mm | 8.0 h | ❄ |
| February | −2.7°C | 3.9°C | 42 mm | 9.6 h | ❄ |
| March | −0.6°C | 8.1°C | 48 mm | 11.5 h | ❄ |
| April | 3.4°C | 14.1°C | 36 mm | 13.6 h | |
| May | 7.7°C | 18.3°C | 64 mm | 15.4 h | |
| June | 11.5°C | 21.8°C | 59 mm | 16.4 h | |
| July | 13.6°C | 24.1°C | 83 mm | 16.0 h | |
| August | 13.2°C | 23.9°C | 61 mm | 14.4 h | |
| September | 9.3°C | 19.5°C | 57 mm | 12.4 h | |
| October | 5.2°C | 13.6°C | 54 mm | 10.3 h | |
| November | 1.9°C | 7.5°C | 58 mm | 8.5 h | |
| December | −1.2°C | 3.4°C | 63 mm | 7.6 h | ❄ |