Annual average climate in Dortmund
Here are the main values of the climatic averages over the whole year in Dortmund:
- Minimum annual temperature: 5°C
- Average annual temperature: 10°C
- Maximum annual temperature: 15°C
- Precipitation: 62 mm/month (with 14 rainy days/month)
Monthly climate normals
| Min / Max | Precipitation | |
| January | -1 ° / 5 ° | 70mm / 16 days |
| february | -1 ° / 5 ° | 48mm / 15 days |
| March | 1 ° / 10 ° | 46mm / 13 days |
| April | 4 ° / 16 ° | 35mm / 11 days |
| may | 7 ° / 19 ° | 48mm / 12 days |
| June | 10 ° / 22 ° | 63mm / 14 days |
| July | 12 ° / 24 ° | 75mm / 14 days |
| August | 12 ° / 24 ° | 73mm / 15 days |
| September | 9 ° / 19 ° | 62mm / 12 days |
| October | 6 ° / 15 ° | 73mm / 14 days |
| November | 3 ° / 10 ° | 68mm / 16 days |
| December | – / 5° | 77mm / 20 days |
These weather stats were calculated using data recorded at the WALTROP-ABDINGHOF weather station. The latter is located in Germany, 10 km from Dortmund and is located at an altitude of 68 meters.
The best time to go (and the one to avoid)
Also, here are some additional answers that should allow you to choose which are the good months to go, or the months to avoid.
Which are the warmest months in Dortmund?
In Dortmund, the months of the year with the highest maximum temperatures are:
July (with 24°C), August (with 24°C), June (with 22°C), …
What are the coldest months?
The months of the year with the lowest average temperatures in Dortmund are:
January (with 2°C), february (with 2°C), December (with 3°C), …
Which are the driest months in Dortmund?
In Dortmund, the months of the year with the fewest rainy days are:
April (with 11 rainy days/month), September (with 12 rainy days/month), may (with 12 rainy days/month), …
What are the rainiest months?
The months with the most rainy days in Dortmund are:
December (with 20 rainy days/month), November (with 16 rainy days/month), January (with 16 rainy days/month), …
What is the weather around?
Nearby cities with a similar climate
Other cities near Dortmund could experience more or less similar weather:
Bochum (18 km from Dortmund), Bochum-Hordel (20 km), Gelsenkirchen (26 km), Hagen (17 km), Herne (17 km), Recklinghausen (22 km), Witten (11 km), Iserlohn (at 23 km), Lünen (at 12 km), Castrop-Rauxel (at 12 km), …
Around Dortmund
You might also be interested in these cities:
Bochum (18 km from Dortmund), Gelsenkirchen (26 km), Essen (32 km), Wuppertal (36 km), Duisburg (49 km), Münster (51 km), Düsseldorf (58 km) , Krefeld (66 km away), Cologne (74 km away), Bonn (91 km away), …
In Germany
Check the weather forecasts for other major cities in Germany:
Berlin (422 km from Dortmund), Hamburg (284 km), Munich (477 km), Cologne (74 km), Frankfurt am Main (178 km), Essen (32 km), Düsseldorf (58 km), Bremen (196 km), Hanover (182 km), Leipzig (341 km), …
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