Düsseldorf weather by month & the best time to visit

🇩🇪 Germany · city break · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Düsseldorf is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with June and July close behind. Düsseldorf averages about 1,578 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 62 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,578

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

76/100

Rain / year

842 mm

Snow / year

≈35 cm

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

1.2M

Elevation

36 m

When is the best time to visit Düsseldorf?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Düsseldorf is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 84 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Düsseldorf?

Düsseldorf isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,578 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate September (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 842 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Köln (Cologne) Germany · 54 km · best in Sep · 1,545 h sun/yr
• Weeze Germany · 56 km · best in Sep · 1,580 h sun/yr
• Dortmund Germany · 64 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
• Eindhoven Netherlands · 98 km · best in Sep · 1,665 h sun/yr
• Münster Germany · 113 km · best in Sep · 1,558 h sun/yr
• Paderborn Germany · 133 km · best in Jun · 1,463 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Maastricht Netherlands · 81 km · 1,609 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Düsseldorf compares month by month: Düsseldorf vs Köln (Cologne) · Düsseldorf vs Dortmund · Düsseldorf vs Münster · Düsseldorf vs Weeze · all comparisons