Climate averages 1991–2020
Gießen weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Gießen: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 59 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marburg an der Lahn (26 km away). In July its highs average 22.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gießen, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Gießen ranks joint 42nd of 120 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Gießen is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gießen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 56 | 11.3 | 8.59 h |
| February | 5.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 46 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 51 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 46 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.515 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 61 | 10.7 | 16.416 h |
| July, selected | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 60 | 10.3 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 55 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 56 | 11.1 | 9.09 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 67 | 13.1 | 8.18 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Marburg an der Lahn in JulyGermany · 26 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Frankfurt am Main in JulyGermany · 52 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Hanau am Main in JulyGermany · 53 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Offenbach in JulyGermany · 54 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Siegen in JulyGermany · 56 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Wiesbaden in JulyGermany · 64 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Mainz in JulyGermany · 73 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Darmstadt in JulyGermany · 80 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 70 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gießen) is explained once on the Gießen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.