Overview

• July delivered 15 to 20 rainy days and around 117 liters per square meter of rainfall in Saxony, leaving sunshine hours well below the seasonal average.
• Saxony’s hospitality sector posted a 7.9 percent drop in revenues for restaurants, snack bars and cafés during the first five months of 2025, according to the Statistisches Landesamt.
• Open-air cinemas in Frankfurt have canceled three screenings this summer and now rely on day-of forecasts to decide on each evening’s program.
• Indoor pools and cinemas have seen increased and more spontaneous bookings, with Tropical Islands Badepark reporting particularly high short-term demand.
• Deutscher Wetterdienst models predict a return of warmth, sunshine and dry conditions across regions like Baden-Württemberg in the coming week, raising hopes for a late-season attendance rebound.