Climate averages 1991–2020
Kiel weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Kiel: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neumünster (29 km away). In July its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Kiel, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Kiel ranks 112th of 120 for the warmest July highs and joint 24th of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Kiel is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 73 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
Kiel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 57 | 11.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 43 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.8 | 17.117 h |
| July, selected | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 54 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 10.9 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 12.0 | 7.47 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
- Neumünster in JulyGermany · 29 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Lübeck in JulyGermany · 62 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Flensburg in JulyGermany · 69 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Norderstedt in JulyGermany · 70 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Hamburg in JulyGermany · 86 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Schwerin in JulyGermany · 114 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Lüneburg in JulyGermany · 120 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Odense in JulyDenmark · 121 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°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 Kiel) is explained once on the Kiel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.