Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rathenow
Rathenow climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation576 mm136 wet days a year
52.61° N, 12.34° EElevation 31 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goRathenow · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rathenow 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 14°. 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 576 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (59 mm, 14 wet days) and April the driest (31 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in August to 58% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Rathenow is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 41 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° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 37 mm | 46 mm | 31 mm | 52 mm | 60 mm | 59 mm | 63 mm | 50 mm | 40 mm | 44 mm | 48 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.1 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 11 | 11.4 | 12.8 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 53% | 49% | 40% | 38% | 39% | 37% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 54% | 58% |
| Daylight | 8h 10 | 9h 54 | 11h 48 | 13h 55 | 15h 45 | 16h 49 | 16h 23 | 14h 46 | 12h 44 | 10h 42 | 8h 46 | 7h 41 |
| Month score | 16 | 24 | 27 | 62 | 71 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 47 | 21 | 16 |
ivMonth by month
Rathenow in every month
January16
4° / -1°
46 mm · 13.1 wet days
February24
5° / -1°
37 mm · 10.4 wet days
March27
9° / 1°
46 mm · 9.8 wet days
April62
16° / 4°
31 mm · 8.6 wet days
May71
20° / 8°
52 mm · 10.8 wet days
June68
23° / 11°
60 mm · 11.9 wet days
July63
25° / 14°
59 mm · 14.4 wet days
August68
25° / 13°
63 mm · 12.6 wet days
September73
20° / 10°
50 mm · 9.2 wet days
October47
14° / 6°
40 mm · 11 wet days
November21
8° / 2°
44 mm · 11.4 wet days
December16
5° / 0°
48 mm · 12.8 wet days