The climate of Dortmund (Germany)
Dortmund is a large city located in the western part of Germany in the
Bundesland (Federal State) of North Rhine Westphalia in the Ruhr
Area. Dortmund is the largest city in the Ruhr Area and is one of
the ten largest cities in Germany. It is an old city. The first
records date back to the 9th century. However, it is probably much
older. Because of heavy bombardments during WWII not many remains of
its long history can be admired. Nowadays Dortmund is one of the
most important railway junctions in Germany. Borussia Dortmund play
their home matches in the city. This club was the winner of the
Bundesliga several times and won the Champions League in 1997 and
were the runners up in 2013. Dortmund has a moderate maritime
climate strongly influenced by the warm Gulfstream in the North Sea
despite the fact that the city is located in the interior. Because
Dortmund is an urban area temperatures are higher here during the
summer than in rural areas. Winters are cool. However, longer
periods with subzero temperatures are uncommon.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Dortmund:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
5
0
1
18
n/a
February
6
1
3
14
n/a
March
10
2
3
17
n/a
April
14
5
5
15
n/a
May
18
9
6
16
n/a
June
21
12
6
16
n/a
July
23
13
6
15
n/a
August
23
12
6
15
n/a
September
19
11
4
15
n/a
October
15
8
3
15
n/a
November
9
4
2
18
n/a
December
5
1
1
18
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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