Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kassel
Kassel climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation668 mm157 wet days a year
51.32° N, 9.50° EElevation 164 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goKassel · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kassel 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 4° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 668 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (59 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (42 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 56% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Kassel is 1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 54 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° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 40 mm | 52 mm | 42 mm | 63 mm | 68 mm | 67 mm | 59 mm | 58 mm | 49 mm | 58 mm | 59 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 13 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 16.2 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 49% | 47% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 35% | 42% | 47% | 54% | 56% |
| Daylight | 8h 22 | 10h 00 | 11h 49 | 13h 50 | 15h 34 | 16h 34 | 16h 10 | 14h 38 | 12h 42 | 10h 45 | 8h 55 | 7h 54 |
| Month score | 16 | 22 | 22 | 55 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 41 | 17 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Kassel in every month
January16
4° / -1°
53 mm · 14.9 wet days
February22
5° / -1°
40 mm · 12.1 wet days
March22
10° / 1°
52 mm · 12.2 wet days
April55
15° / 4°
42 mm · 10.2 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
63 mm · 13 wet days
June64
22° / 11°
68 mm · 13.8 wet days
July65
24° / 13°
67 mm · 15.1 wet days
August66
24° / 13°
59 mm · 13.6 wet days
September70
19° / 10°
58 mm · 10.7 wet days
October41
14° / 6°
49 mm · 12.4 wet days
November17
8° / 3°
58 mm · 13.1 wet days
December14
4° / 0°
59 mm · 16.2 wet days