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Germany - Weather Overview
The climate in Germany is temperate and marine, with cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers. The biggest part of Germany lies in the cool temperate climatic zone. In the north-west and the north the climate is oceanic and rain falls all the year round. Winters are mild and summers cool. In the east winters can be very cold for long periods, and summers can become very warm and long dry periods are often recorded. In the centre and the south there is a transitional climate which may be oceanic or continental.
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General Information
Official name
Federal Republic of Germany
Geographic Location
West-central Europe
Capital and largest city
Berlin
3.4 million inhabitants
Largest cities
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Koln, Frankfurt, Essen, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Bremen
Area
357,021 sq km
Population
82.3 Million
Time Zone
GMT + 1
GMT + 2 Summer time
Currency
Euro
Official language
German, (many Germans also speak English, French, Italian, Russian and Dutch)
Neighbouring countries
Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands
Highest point
Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps, on the Austrian border (2962 m)
Lowest point
Wilstermarsch near Itzehoe (- 3.5 m)
Longest rivers
Rhine (its German part is 865km), Elbe, Danube
Landing place
Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
Electricity
220 volts, 50Hz
Ethnic groups
Germans (91.5%),
Turks (2.4%), Other (6.1% - made up largely of Italians, Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Greeks, Poles, Vietnamese, and Russians)
Religion
Protestants (37.2%), Roman Catholics (31.4%), Muslim (4%), Orthodox (2%), Others (1%), Nonreligious (24.4%)