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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Wetzlar
Wetzlar climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation772 mm157 wet days a year
50.56° N, 8.50° EElevation 169 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goWetzlar · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Wetzlar 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 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 772 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (70 mm, 15 wet days) and September the driest (64 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in August to 56% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Wetzlar is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 01 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° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 69 mm | 54 mm | 64 mm | 48 mm | 68 mm | 66 mm | 70 mm | 62 mm | 64 mm | 66 mm | 65 mm | 76 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.2 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 15.3 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 48% | 46% | 41% | 40% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 41% | 47% | 55% | 56% |
| Daylight | 8h 28 | 10h 04 | 11h 49 | 13h 47 | 15h 28 | 16h 26 | 16h 03 | 14h 34 | 12h 41 | 10h 48 | 9h 01 | 8h 01 |
| Month score | 15 | 22 | 25 | 59 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 44 | 16 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Wetzlar in every month
January15
4° / -1°
69 mm · 15.2 wet days
February22
6° / -1°
54 mm · 11.9 wet days
March25
11° / 2°
64 mm · 12.4 wet days
April59
16° / 4°
48 mm · 10.7 wet days
May65
20° / 8°
68 mm · 13.1 wet days
June66
23° / 11°
66 mm · 13.2 wet days
July64
25° / 13°
70 mm · 15.4 wet days
August67
25° / 13°
62 mm · 13.3 wet days
September71
20° / 10°
64 mm · 10.2 wet days
October44
14° / 6°
66 mm · 12.4 wet days
November16
8° / 3°
65 mm · 13.4 wet days
December14
5° / 0°
76 mm · 15.3 wet days