Wuppertal climate

Name: Wuppertal
Address: DE

Wuppertal is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.06 °C. December is the wettest month (112 mm) and April the driest (67 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wuppertal averages 1,097 mm of rain, 22 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.

Germany · population 360,797 · 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 January 0.06 °C
Driest month April 67 mm
Wettest month December 112 mm
Least cloud August 63 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -20 °C

What to expectWuppertal through the year

Wuppertal has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.6 °C in January to 22 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 22 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 54 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 67 mm in April to 112 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.6 °C	105 mm	75 %
February	5.7 °C	87 mm	72 %
March	9.4 °C	87 mm	69 %
April	13.6 °C	67 mm	63 %
May	17.4 °C	77 mm	66 %
June	20.2 °C	86 mm	66 %
July	22.3 °C	106 mm	63 %
August	22.0 °C	98 mm	63 %
September	18.2 °C	88 mm	65 %
October	13.6 °C	91 mm	70 %
November	8.6 °C	93 mm	77 %
December	5.2 °C	112 mm	78 %

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	4.6 °C	0.1 °C	2.3 °C	14.0 °C	-20.4 °C	0	0	14
February	5.7 °C	0.1 °C	2.8 °C	16.9 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	13
March	9.4 °C	2.1 °C	5.6 °C	20.7 °C	-10.2 °C	0	0	9
April	13.6 °C	5.0 °C	9.4 °C	25.8 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	2
May	17.4 °C	8.9 °C	13.3 °C	30.4 °C	0.1 °C	1	0	0
June	20.2 °C	11.9 °C	16.3 °C	34.2 °C	3.7 °C	4	0	0
July	22.3 °C	14.2 °C	18.3 °C	37.2 °C	7.7 °C	8	2	0
August	22.0 °C	14.1 °C	18.0 °C	35.1 °C	7.0 °C	7	1	0
September	18.2 °C	11.2 °C	14.6 °C	30.1 °C	3.9 °C	2	0	0
October	13.6 °C	7.8 °C	10.6 °C	24.9 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	0
November	8.6 °C	4.0 °C	6.2 °C	18.8 °C	-7.4 °C	0	0	4
December	5.2 °C	1.1 °C	3.1 °C	14.2 °C	-13.8 °C	0	0	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	105 mm	15	8.4 h/day	75 %	86 %	22 km/h
February	87 mm	14	10.0 h/day	72 %	83 %	21 km/h
March	87 mm	15	12 h/day	69 %	79 %	20 km/h
April	67 mm	12	14 h/day	63 %	73 %	18 km/h
May	77 mm	13	16 h/day	66 %	72 %	17 km/h
June	86 mm	14	17 h/day	66 %	73 %	17 km/h
July	106 mm	15	16 h/day	63 %	73 %	17 km/h
August	98 mm	14	15 h/day	63 %	74 %	16 km/h
September	88 mm	13	13 h/day	65 %	79 %	17 km/h
October	91 mm	13	11 h/day	70 %	83 %	20 km/h
November	93 mm	14	8.9 h/day	77 %	87 %	20 km/h
December	112 mm	16	7.9 h/day	78 %	88 %	21 km/h

How Wuppertal 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
Wuppertal	22 °C	0.06 °C	1,097 mm	22
Solingen · Germany	22 °C	-0.2 °C	1,048 mm	21
Essen · Germany	23 °C	0.3 °C	865 mm	25
Düsseldorf · Germany	23 °C	0.5 °C	885 mm	29
Duisburg · Germany	23 °C	0.8 °C	818 mm	27
Dortmund · Germany	23 °C	0.09 °C	913 mm	25
Köln · Germany	23 °C	0.4 °C	911 mm	29

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Wuppertal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wuppertal?

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 Wuppertal 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 0.06 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Wuppertal?

December, averaging 112 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 67 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,097 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 Wuppertal 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: 51.256°, 7.148° (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.