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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Münster
Münster climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation838 mm160 wet days a year
51.96° N, 7.63° EElevation 64 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goMünster · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Münster 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 838 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (79 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (46 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in August to 57% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Münster is 0.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 41 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° | 7° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 10° | 6° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 79 mm | 57 mm | 70 mm | 46 mm | 64 mm | 76 mm | 74 mm | 73 mm | 73 mm | 71 mm | 75 mm | 80 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.9 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 15 | 14.9 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 14 | 15.4 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 51% | 49% | 43% | 41% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 43% | 47% | 54% | 57% |
| Daylight | 8h 16 | 9h 57 | 11h 48 | 13h 52 | 15h 39 | 16h 41 | 16h 16 | 14h 42 | 12h 43 | 10h 44 | 8h 51 | 7h 47 |
| Month score | 15 | 20 | 22 | 56 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 46 | 15 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Münster in every month
January15
5° / 0°
79 mm · 15.9 wet days
February20
7° / 0°
57 mm · 12.2 wet days
March22
10° / 2°
70 mm · 12.5 wet days
April56
15° / 4°
46 mm · 10.2 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
64 mm · 12.7 wet days
June64
22° / 11°
76 mm · 13.2 wet days
July64
24° / 13°
74 mm · 15 wet days
August64
24° / 13°
73 mm · 14.9 wet days
September67
20° / 10°
73 mm · 11.6 wet days
October46
15° / 7°
71 mm · 12.8 wet days
November15
10° / 4°
75 mm · 14 wet days
December14
6° / 1°
80 mm · 15.4 wet days