Travel Alert Status
					    
				Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution			
			
			
			
						
									
Time Difference
					    
				UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)			
			
			
			
						
									
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 that occasionally dip below 10°F.			
			
			
			
						
									
Travel Currency
					    
				0.94			
			
			
			
						
									
Language Spoken
					    
				German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages			
			
			
			
						
									
Languages
					    
				German			
			
			
			
						
									
Ethnic Groups
					    
				German 85.4%, Turkish 1.8%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Syrian 1.1%, Romanian 1%, Poland 1%, other/stateless/unspecified 8.3%			
			
			
			
						
									
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			
			
			
			
						
									
Airports
					    
				318