German consumer prices, harmonised to make them comparable with inflation data from other European Union countries, rose by 1.3% year-on-year after increasing by the same amount in the previous month, the Federal Statistics Office said.
The June reading matched a Reuters forecast. German inflation has not been lower since February 2018.
The ECB targets inflation of close to but below 2% for the euro zone as a whole.
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On the month, EU-harmonised prices rose by 0.1%, in line with market expectations.
(Reporting by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Paul Carrel)
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