Weimar

Why visit

Weimar is a compact German culture city for Goethe, Schiller, Bauhaus, parks, museums, and complicated twentieth-century context nearby. It works when the trip wants ideas, architecture, and history in close quarters.

When to avoid

Do not visit Weimar expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In Weimar, opening hours, transport, weather, crowds, and distance can shape the day more than the list of sights. For Weimar, check the practical conditions first, then decide whether walking, transit, or a taxi makes sense for each move. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Weimar as a base rather than the whole destination.

Plan Weimar

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Weimar

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Overcast

34° / 19°

UV High

Wed

Thunderstorm

32° / 22°

7.3 mm

UV High

Thu

Overcast

28° / 19°

UV High

Fri

Overcast

23° / 13°

UV High

Sat

Overcast

29° / 12°

UV High

Sun

Showers

34° / 17°

UV High

Mon

Overcast

25° / 16°

UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 23°C, lows around 12°C. Also the wettest months.

Winter (Nov-Mar)

Typical highs around 5°C, lows around -2°C.

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Weather

25° / 13°

Typical high / low

2 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.6h

06:00 – 20:38local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest ERF · 26 km

Getting around Weimar

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

Erfurter Bahn Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH Erfurter Bahn Personenverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Weimarer Land Stadtwirtschaft Weimar GmbHSchweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB

About Weimar

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Leipzig, 170 km (106 mi) north of Nuremberg and 170 km (106 mi) west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouring cities of Erfurt and Jena, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia, with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 65,000. Weimar is well known because of its cultural heritage and importance in German history.

Area: 84 km²

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