Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bielefeld
Bielefeld climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation928 mm151 wet days a year
52.03° N, 8.53° EElevation 111 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goBielefeld · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bielefeld 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 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 928 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (80 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (54 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in August to 58% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Bielefeld is 1.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 47 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 | 5° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 88 mm | 64 mm | 79 mm | 54 mm | 70 mm | 82 mm | 80 mm | 83 mm | 79 mm | 77 mm | 83 mm | 89 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 11 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 52% | 49% | 43% | 41% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 43% | 47% | 55% | 58% |
| Daylight | 8h 15 | 9h 57 | 11h 48 | 13h 53 | 15h 40 | 16h 42 | 16h 17 | 14h 42 | 12h 43 | 10h 43 | 8h 50 | 7h 47 |
| Month score | 15 | 22 | 23 | 55 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 69 | 43 | 17 | 13 |
ivMonth by month
Bielefeld in every month
January15
5° / 0°
88 mm · 14.6 wet days
February22
6° / 0°
64 mm · 11.4 wet days
March23
10° / 2°
79 mm · 11.3 wet days
April55
15° / 4°
54 mm · 9.8 wet days
May68
19° / 8°
70 mm · 11.6 wet days
June65
22° / 11°
82 mm · 12.9 wet days
July64
24° / 13°
80 mm · 14.7 wet days
August64
24° / 13°
83 mm · 14.5 wet days
September69
19° / 10°
79 mm · 11 wet days
October43
14° / 7°
77 mm · 12.3 wet days
November17
9° / 3°
83 mm · 12.8 wet days
December13
5° / 1°
89 mm · 14.4 wet days