Annual mean 12°C · wettest around January · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
23.3 °C
Coldest
3.5 °C
Wettest
58%
Windiest
5.4 m/s
Prevailing
SW
4.3 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Gelsenkirchen over the whole year is 12°C. August is the hottest month, with highs of about 23°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 3°C. Gelsenkirchen has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 28% in June, the driest month, to 51% in January, the wettest. Winds in Gelsenkirchen are highest in February, averaging 4.5 m/s (16 km/h), and lightest in September, at 2.9 m/s (10 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Gelsenkirchen come in May, when the sky is typically 52% covered; January is the cloudiest month, at 78%.
Month by month Gelsenkirchen climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
5°C
3°C
-0°C
51%
78%
4.3 m/s
0
0
7
February
7°C
4°C
2°C
47%
67%
4.5 m/s
1
0
17
March
10°C
4°C
5°C
43%
64%
3.8 m/s
4
0
35
April
13°C
6°C
8°C
33%
57%
3.4 m/s
15
0
50
May
18°C
11°C
14°C
29%
52%
3.1 m/s
48
4
75
June
22°C
16°C
20°C
28%
53%
3.1 m/s
71
20
63
July
22°C
16°C
20°C
29%
58%
3.0 m/s
78
14
69
August
23°C
16°C
21°C
28%
53%
3.0 m/s
73
24
59
September
19°C
12°C
17°C
31%
53%
2.9 m/s
60
11
73
October
15°C
10°C
12°C
39%
60%
3.6 m/s
25
0
74
November
9°C
6°C
5°C
45%
68%
3.7 m/s
1
0
36
December
7°C
4°C
2°C
48%
78%
4.2 m/s
1
1
14
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Gelsenkirchen weather by season
Year round, Gelsenkirchen has days of about 5°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 23°C in August, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 3°C to 16°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 12°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around January and least likely around June. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Gelsenkirchen weather in winterDecember to February
High 6°CLow 4°CRain 49%
Winter in Gelsenkirchen has typical daily highs of about 6°C and lows of about 4°C, with a 49% chance of rain on a given day.
Gelsenkirchen weather in springMarch to May
High 13°CLow 7°CRain 35%
Spring in Gelsenkirchen has typical daily highs of about 13°C and lows of about 7°C, with a 35% chance of rain on a given day.
Gelsenkirchen weather in summerJune to August
High 22°CLow 16°CRain 28%
Summer in Gelsenkirchen has typical daily highs of about 22°C and lows of about 16°C, with a 28% chance of rain on a given day.
Gelsenkirchen weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 14°CLow 9°CRain 38%
Autumn in Gelsenkirchen has typical daily highs of about 14°C and lows of about 9°C, with a 38% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Gelsenkirchen?
Gelsenkirchen has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 28% in June, the driest month, to 51% in January, the wettest.
What time of year is Gelsenkirchen windiest?
Winds in Gelsenkirchen are highest in February, averaging 4.5 m/s (16 km/h), and lightest in September, at 2.9 m/s (10 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Gelsenkirchen year round?
The average temperature in Gelsenkirchen over the whole year is 12°C. August is the hottest month, with highs of about 23°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 3°C.