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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is August, averaging a high of 23°C, and its coldest is February, with an average low of 0°C.

Dortmund is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city of the Ruhr as well as the largest city of Westphalia. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 25°C Above Normal · 66th pct
Low 15°C Above Normal · 62nd pct
Feels-like 24°C Above Normal · 67th pct
Humidity 9.1 g/m³ Very Low · 9th pct
Wind 12 km/h Below Normal · 27th pct
Gust 23 km/h Low · 13th pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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Dortmund average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 4°C 0°C 3 mm
February 5°C 0°C 3 mm
March 9°C 3°C 3 mm
April 13°C 4°C 3 mm
May 18°C 9°C 3 mm
June 20°C 12°C 3 mm
July 22°C 13°C 3 mm
August 23°C 14°C 3 mm
September 19°C 11°C 3 mm
October 14°C 7°C 3 mm
November 8°C 4°C 3 mm
December 5°C 1°C 3 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 38°C on 2019-07-25
  • Coldest day on record: -22°C on 2009-01-07

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Percentiles compare each day to Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →