Climate guideThirty-year normals for Solingen
Solingen climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,275 mm168 wet days a year
51.17° N, 7.08° EElevation 229 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goSolingen · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Solingen has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° 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 1,275 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (120 mm, 17 wet days) and April the driest (76 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in August to 60% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Solingen is 1.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 33 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 55 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° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 120 mm | 92 mm | 109 mm | 76 mm | 95 mm | 111 mm | 109 mm | 105 mm | 104 mm | 109 mm | 119 mm | 126 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.6 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 16.6 |
| Cloud cover | 57% | 52% | 50% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 38% | 45% | 48% | 57% | 60% |
| Daylight | 8h 23 | 10h 01 | 11h 49 | 13h 49 | 15h 33 | 16h 33 | 16h 08 | 14h 37 | 12h 42 | 10h 46 | 8h 56 | 7h 55 |
| Month score | 14 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 41 | 14 | 13 |
ivMonth by month
Solingen in every month
January14
5° / 0°
120 mm · 16.6 wet days
February17
6° / 0°
92 mm · 13.3 wet days
March18
10° / 2°
109 mm · 13.3 wet days
April51
14° / 5°
76 mm · 10.2 wet days
May63
18° / 8°
95 mm · 13.2 wet days
June62
21° / 11°
111 mm · 14.1 wet days
July63
23° / 13°
109 mm · 15.7 wet days
August64
23° / 13°
105 mm · 15.4 wet days
September66
19° / 10°
104 mm · 11.8 wet days
October41
14° / 7°
109 mm · 12.8 wet days
November14
9° / 3°
119 mm · 14.6 wet days
December13
6° / 1°
126 mm · 16.6 wet days