Lightning strikes in Germany
The detection network has located 210,424 lightning strikes in Germany since the archive began, including 3,554 in the last 7 days. That is 2.27% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Germany #8 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Germany is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 12 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 1,241 |
| 2026-08-09 | 2,313 |
| 2026-08-07 | 123 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1,247 |
| 2026-08-05 | 39,164 |
| 2026-08-04 | 49,295 |
| 2026-08-03 | 21,545 |
| 2026-08-02 | 9,655 |
| 2026-08-01 | 16,868 |
| 2026-07-31 | 51,992 |
| 2026-07-30 | 13,382 |
| 2026-07-29 | 3,599 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Germany's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavaria | 62,967 | 2,631 | 29.9% |
| 2 | Lower Saxony | 24,640 | 0 | 11.7% |
| 3 | Baden-Württemberg | 24,374 | 704 | 11.6% |
| 4 | Brandenburg | 16,262 | 25 | 7.7% |
| 5 | Saxony | 14,510 | 179 | 6.9% |
| 6 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 14,391 | 0 | 6.8% |
| 7 | Saxony-Anhalt | 12,811 | 0 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Rhineland-Palatinate | 10,468 | 0 | 5.0% |
| 9 | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 7,101 | 0 | 3.4% |
| 10 | Hesse | 7,082 | 0 | 3.4% |
| 11 | Thuringia | 5,542 | 0 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Unassigned | 4,444 | 0 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Schleswig-Holstein | 2,724 | 0 | 1.3% |
| 14 | Berlin | 848 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 15 | Hamburg | 630 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 16 | Saarland | 589 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Tyrol | 296 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Lubusz Voivodeship | 173 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Salzburg | 153 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Ústí nad Labem | 112 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Free Hanseatic Bremen | 110 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Upper Austria | 44 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 30 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 25 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Karlovy Vary | 17 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Schaffhausen | 16 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Bas-Rhin | 14 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Aargau | 12 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Plzeň- | 11 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Liège | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Vorarlberg | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Drenthe | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Thurgau | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Zürich | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Moselle | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Overijssel | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 37 | Haut-Rhin | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 38 | Limburg | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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