📊 Season review
Mushroom season 2026 in numbers
How much rain fell, how long did it stay dry, and when were the best mushroom weeks? Summarised from 1.591 weather stations in Germany, for 20 Jul to 25 Oct.
The season at a glance
130 mmrain at a typical place
14 dayslongest dry spell at a typical place (up to 30 days)
9hot days (30 °C or more) at a typical place
19 Octmost common start of the best porcini week (38 % of stations)
“Typical place” = median across all stations: half the places had more, half less.
Rain week by week
Rain in millimetres per week at a typical place. Mushrooms usually appear one to three weeks after a good soaking.
When was the best porcini week?
Number of stations where each week had the best porcini chances according to our forecast.
Species with the most good days
Days with good chances at a typical place, according to our forecast.
By region
Values at a typical place in each region. “Best week” = most common start of the best week.
| Region | Stations | Rain | Longest dry spell | Hot days | Porcini Mushroom | Chanterelle | Bay Bolete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | 374 | 135 mm | 15 days | 12 | 31 Aug | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| Baden-Württemberg | 236 | 136 mm | 16 days | 15 | 19 Oct | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland | 184 | 109 mm | 14 days | 11 | 19 Oct | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 157 | 165 mm | 12 days | 7 | 19 Oct | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| Lower Saxony/Bremen | 141 | 124 mm | 13 days | 5 | 19 Oct | 14 Sep | 19 Oct |
| Hesse | 118 | 113 mm | 13 days | 11 | 19 Oct | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| Berlin/Brandenburg | 103 | 84 mm | 13 days | 6 | 21 Sep | 20 Jul | 21 Sep |
| Saxony | 73 | 166 mm | 14 days | 10 | 31 Aug | 24 Aug | 31 Aug |
| Thuringia | 63 | 136 mm | 14 days | 10 | 31 Aug | 31 Aug | 7 Sep |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 58 | 86 mm | 13 days | 8 | 31 Aug | 31 Aug | 7 Sep |
| Austria | 51 | 170 mm | 13 days | 8 | 21 Sep | 24 Aug | 21 Sep |
| Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg | 42 | 219 mm | 7 days | 2 | 14 Sep | 31 Aug | 19 Oct |
| Mecklenburg-W. Pomerania | 42 | 127 mm | 11 days | 2 | 21 Sep | 7 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Switzerland | 37 | 150 mm | 15 days | 12 | 19 Oct | 24 Aug | 19 Oct |
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As of 24 Oct 2026. Region borders: Natural Earth.