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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Idstein
Idstein climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation688 mm150 wet days a year
50.22° N, 8.27° EElevation 276 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goIdstein · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Idstein has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 688 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (63 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (45 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in August to 57% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Idstein is 0.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 05 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 | 4° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 55 mm | 49 mm | 55 mm | 45 mm | 61 mm | 64 mm | 66 mm | 55 mm | 58 mm | 61 mm | 56 mm | 63 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 13 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 15.2 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 48% | 46% | 41% | 40% | 38% | 34% | 33% | 40% | 47% | 55% | 57% |
| Daylight | 8h 31 | 10h 05 | 11h 49 | 13h 46 | 15h 25 | 16h 23 | 15h 59 | 14h 32 | 12h 40 | 10h 48 | 9h 03 | 8h 05 |
| Month score | 15 | 23 | 25 | 58 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 43 | 18 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Idstein in every month
January15
4° / -1°
55 mm · 14.3 wet days
February23
6° / -1°
49 mm · 11.8 wet days
March25
10° / 2°
55 mm · 11.3 wet days
April58
15° / 4°
45 mm · 9.6 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
61 mm · 12.9 wet days
June66
22° / 11°
64 mm · 13 wet days
July65
25° / 13°
66 mm · 14.7 wet days
August68
24° / 13°
55 mm · 13.1 wet days
September73
20° / 10°
58 mm · 9.6 wet days
October43
14° / 6°
61 mm · 11.9 wet days
November18
8° / 3°
56 mm · 12.6 wet days
December14
5° / 0°
63 mm · 15.2 wet days