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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein

Kappeln climate by month

Oceanic · CfbBest Jun–Jul · Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation791 mm150 wet days a year
54.66° N, 9.93° EElevation 12 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goKappeln · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec34October
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
October: high / low13° / 8°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Kappeln has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.

The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.

About 791 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (80 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (38 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 57% in January.

The sea reaches about 19° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.

Compared with Berlin, the capital, Kappeln is 3.6° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
22° · July
Coldest nights
0° · January
Wettest month
August
Driest month
April
Clearest skies
July · 35% cloud
Warmest sea
19° · August
Longest day
17 h 15 min
Shortest day
7 h 17 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature line

Temperature curve

Average high, low and sea
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
1015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Kappeln by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high4°4°7°12°16°19°22°22°18°13°8°5°
Average low0°0°1°4°8°11°13°14°11°8°4°1°
Precipitation70 mm52 mm58 mm38 mm56 mm70 mm80 mm80 mm71 mm82 mm69 mm65 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)14.310.910.18.410.411.113.415.312.414.114.514.6
Cloud cover57%54%48%40%36%38%35%35%41%46%53%57%
Sea temperature3°2°3°5°11°15°18°19°16°12°9°4°
Daylight7h 509h 4411h 4714h 0416h 0417h 1516h 4614h 5912h 4710h 358h 297h 17
Month score142227436271666566341514