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Best Time for the Romantic Road

Sweet spot: March, April, October — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

Christmas markets transform the walled towns — Rothenburg's is storybook stuff; dress warm.
Coach-tour peak: walk the walls before 10:00 or after 17:00 to have them to yourself.
MonthTempRainDaylight
January-20.3–11.8°C63 mm8.5 h
February-19.5–15.5°C47 mm9.9 h
March-18.8–21.0°C55 mm11.6 h
April-6.7–26.9°C50 mm13.5 h
May-2.6–28.9°C93 mm15.1 h
June2.4–32.8°C87 mm15.9 h
July5.5–35.0°C98 mm15.6 h
August5.1–35.4°C95 mm14.2 h
September-0.7–29.4°C65 mm12.3 h
October-6.9–25.1°C61 mm10.5 h
November-9.8–19.5°C59 mm8.9 h
December-19.1–13.0°C64 mm8.0 h

Plan it for your month →