Solingen climate

Name: Solingen
Address: DE

Solingen is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -0.2 °C. December is the wettest month (110 mm) and April the driest (62 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Solingen averages 1,048 mm of rain, 21 days above 25 °C and 59 days below freezing.

Germany · population 164,359 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 22 °C
Coldest month February -0.2 °C
Driest month April 62 mm
Wettest month December 110 mm
Least cloud August 62 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -19 °C

What to expectSolingen through the year

Solingen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.5 °C in February to 22 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 21 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 59 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 62 mm in April to 110 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.3 °C	102 mm	74 %
February	5.5 °C	83 mm	72 %
March	9.1 °C	83 mm	68 %
April	13.4 °C	62 mm	63 %
May	17.1 °C	72 mm	65 %
June	20.0 °C	82 mm	65 %
July	22.0 °C	98 mm	63 %
August	21.7 °C	94 mm	62 %
September	18.0 °C	83 mm	64 %
October	13.3 °C	89 mm	70 %
November	8.3 °C	91 mm	76 %
December	4.9 °C	110 mm	77 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	4.3 °C	-0.2 °C	2.0 °C	13.6 °C	-19.1 °C	0	0	15
February	5.5 °C	-0.2 °C	2.5 °C	16.9 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	14
March	9.1 °C	1.8 °C	5.4 °C	20.5 °C	-11.0 °C	0	0	10
April	13.4 °C	4.8 °C	9.2 °C	25.7 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	3
May	17.1 °C	8.7 °C	13.1 °C	30.8 °C	-0.2 °C	1	0	0
June	20.0 °C	11.7 °C	16.0 °C	34.1 °C	3.1 °C	4	0	0
July	22.0 °C	14.0 °C	18.1 °C	37.4 °C	7.5 °C	8	1	0
August	21.7 °C	13.8 °C	17.8 °C	35.0 °C	6.6 °C	6	1	0
September	18.0 °C	10.9 °C	14.3 °C	30.3 °C	4.2 °C	1	0	0
October	13.3 °C	7.5 °C	10.3 °C	25.0 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	0
November	8.3 °C	3.8 °C	5.9 °C	19.2 °C	-7.4 °C	0	0	4
December	4.9 °C	0.8 °C	2.9 °C	13.8 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	102 mm	15	8.4 h/day	74 %	85 %	21 km/h
February	83 mm	13	10.0 h/day	72 %	82 %	20 km/h
March	83 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	78 %	20 km/h
April	62 mm	11	14 h/day	63 %	73 %	18 km/h
May	72 mm	12	16 h/day	65 %	72 %	17 km/h
June	82 mm	13	17 h/day	65 %	73 %	17 km/h
July	98 mm	14	16 h/day	63 %	73 %	17 km/h
August	94 mm	13	15 h/day	62 %	74 %	16 km/h
September	83 mm	12	13 h/day	64 %	78 %	17 km/h
October	89 mm	13	11 h/day	70 %	82 %	19 km/h
November	91 mm	14	8.9 h/day	76 %	87 %	20 km/h
December	110 mm	16	7.9 h/day	77 %	87 %	21 km/h

How Solingen compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Solingen	22 °C	-0.2 °C	1,048 mm	21
Wuppertal · Germany	22 °C	0.06 °C	1,097 mm	22
Düsseldorf · Germany	23 °C	0.5 °C	885 mm	29
Köln · Germany	23 °C	0.4 °C	911 mm	29
Essen · Germany	23 °C	0.3 °C	865 mm	25
Duisburg · Germany	23 °C	0.8 °C	818 mm	27

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Solingen.

QuestionsCommon questions about Solingen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Solingen?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Solingen get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.2 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 59 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Solingen?

December, averaging 110 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 62 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,048 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Solingen rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 51.173°, 7.085° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.