Climate guideThirty-year normals for Paderborn
Paderborn climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation908 mm159 wet days a year
51.72° N, 8.75° EElevation 118 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goPaderborn · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Paderborn 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 17°.
About 908 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (85 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (56 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in August to 59% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Paderborn 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
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 50 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 | 82 mm | 61 mm | 80 mm | 56 mm | 68 mm | 80 mm | 83 mm | 83 mm | 77 mm | 69 mm | 84 mm | 85 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.2 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 15.8 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 53% | 50% | 44% | 42% | 42% | 39% | 38% | 45% | 49% | 57% | 59% |
| Daylight | 8h 18 | 9h 58 | 11h 48 | 13h 51 | 15h 37 | 16h 39 | 16h 14 | 14h 40 | 12h 42 | 10h 44 | 8h 53 | 7h 50 |
| Month score | 14 | 19 | 20 | 53 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 68 | 42 | 14 | 13 |
ivMonth by month
Paderborn in every month
January14
5° / 0°
82 mm · 15.2 wet days
February19
6° / 0°
61 mm · 12.3 wet days
March20
10° / 2°
80 mm · 12.7 wet days
April53
15° / 4°
56 mm · 10.2 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
68 mm · 12.8 wet days
June64
22° / 11°
80 mm · 13.1 wet days
July63
24° / 13°
83 mm · 15.1 wet days
August64
24° / 13°
83 mm · 14.2 wet days
September68
19° / 10°
77 mm · 11.1 wet days
October42
14° / 7°
69 mm · 12.2 wet days
November14
9° / 3°
84 mm · 13.8 wet days
December13
5° / 1°
85 mm · 15.8 wet days