The BBQs are out, people are flocking to rivers, the terraces are packed – summer has arrived early in Germany, with some parts of the country already experiencing temperatures of over 30C this Pentecost weekend. But how much warmer will it get this week?

Temperatures are expected to range between around 27 to 34 degrees Celsius on Monday, according to experts on Sunday.

"It's a bit cooler on the coasts, at 20 to 25 degrees Celsius. It's glorious midsummer weather everywhere," meteorologist Dominik Jung told the Bild tabloid.

In weather terms, summer doesn't technically begin until 1st June.

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