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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mons, Belgium
Mons climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation777 mm157 wet days a year
50.45° N, 3.95° EElevation 56 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goMons · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low15° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mons has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 6° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 777 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (75 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (48 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in August to 55% in December.
Compared with Brussels, the capital, Mons is 0.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 25 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 6° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 70 mm | 56 mm | 68 mm | 48 mm | 62 mm | 70 mm | 65 mm | 67 mm | 57 mm | 71 mm | 68 mm | 75 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.5 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 10.8 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 15 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 49% | 47% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 37% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 51% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 29 | 10h 04 | 11h 49 | 13h 47 | 15h 27 | 16h 25 | 16h 02 | 14h 33 | 12h 41 | 10h 48 | 9h 01 | 8h 02 |
| Month score | 16 | 20 | 30 | 58 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 70 | 49 | 16 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Mons in every month
January16
6° / 1°
70 mm · 14.5 wet days
February20
7° / 1°
56 mm · 12.9 wet days
March30
11° / 3°
68 mm · 12.2 wet days
April58
15° / 5°
48 mm · 10.1 wet days
May64
19° / 9°
62 mm · 13.1 wet days
June65
22° / 12°
70 mm · 12.8 wet days
July64
24° / 14°
65 mm · 14.1 wet days
August65
24° / 14°
67 mm · 14.2 wet days
September70
20° / 11°
57 mm · 10.8 wet days
October49
15° / 8°
71 mm · 13.2 wet days
November16
10° / 4°
68 mm · 13.9 wet days
December15
7° / 2°
75 mm · 15 wet days