Climate

Although very far from being the most diverse place in the world, Germany is home to several different climates. For the most part, Germany has a temperate climate with cold winters and warm summers. It is very uncommon to see extreme temperatures on either end of the spectrum. Weather may change very rapidly, and although it may be unpredictable at times, the weather remains fairly reasonable. In most of Germany this remains relatively constant, but different areas of the country experience things differently from each other.

The climate near the Baltic coast and areas in the north does not change much due to it's location in relation to the sea. A green landscape is formed by an abundance of sunshine and a moderate amount of rainfall. Summers are warm, but not too hot, and although there is often little variation between the seasons, winters can get very cold. The Bavarian Alps has very high mountain peaks with deep valleys, featuring very cold winters with an abundance of snow, and in the warmer months, winds may change the temperature dramatically. (1)(2)

The annual range of temperature in Germany's largest city, Berlin is around 18 degrees Celsius in the warmer months and 2 degrees in the coldest months. It has an annual range of precipitation of around 70mm of precipitation in the wettest months, to about 25mm in the driest. (3)

Its second largest city, Hamburg, has an Annual range of temperature of around 15 Degrees Celsius in the warmest months, and 0 degrees in the coldest, and a annual range of precipitation of 80mm in the wettest months and 40mm in the driest. (4)

Berlin has a much more cold and dry climate than Honolulu, with less than a quarter of the annual average rainfall, and temperatures as low as 0 degrees Celsius, compared to the low of 25 degrees in the coldest months in Hawaii.

As briefly discussed above, the seasonality is small for the most part, with northern regions having little change between summer and winter, and southern regions being experiencing larger seasonality.

Here are two maps of precipitation and temperatures throughout the country.

www.mapsofworld.com

http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/umweltatlas/e_abb/ea408e01.gif

Sources: (1) (2) (3) (4)