Climate averages 1991–2020
Paderborn weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Paderborn: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Detmold (26 km away). In July its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Paderborn, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Paderborn ranks joint 94th of 120 for the warmest July highs and joint 71st of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Paderborn is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 81 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
Paderborn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 81 | 14.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 5.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 64 | 12.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 70 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 12.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 66 | 12.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 70 | 13.0 | 16.617 h |
| July, selected | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 81 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 71 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 73 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 82 | 14.7 | 7.98 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
- Detmold in JulyGermany · 26 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Gütersloh in JulyGermany · 33 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Bielefeld in JulyGermany · 38 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Arnsberg in JulyGermany · 60 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Minden in JulyGermany · 64 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Hamm in JulyGermany · 64 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Kassel in JulyGermany · 68 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Osnabrück in JulyGermany · 78 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 79 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 Paderborn) is explained once on the Paderborn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.