Time Difference:
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Airports:
318
Travel Climate:
Germany is in the Temperate Zone and enjoys frequent weather changes, sometimes daily. The country has four distinct seasons with rainfall frequent in most months, especially in the autumn. Winter temperatures and snowfall tend to be more extreme in the southern part of the country where the average elevation is higher, but even low-lying Berlin has snowfalls and winter temperatures which occasionally dip below 10°F.
Travel Currency:
euro (EUR)
Language Spoken:
However, the German taught in school and used in the media is often not the German spoken daily. Various dialects have a strong influence in most areas. English is widely understood and many Germans from the former East Germany speak Russian.
Languages:
German
Ethnic Groups:
German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
National Holiday:
German Unity Day, 3 October (1990)
Geographic Coordinates:
51 00 N, 9 00 E
Location:
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark