Kassel weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Kassel is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with August and July close behind. Kassel averages about 1,462 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,462
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 754 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈67 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 290k
- Elevation
- 249 m
When is the best time to visit Kassel?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kassel is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 71 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kassel?
Kassel isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,462 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate June (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #36 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 754 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 71 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 51 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 53 mm | 2 |
| April | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| May | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| June | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| July | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 80 mm | 5 |
| August | 74 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 69 mm | 4 |
| September | 70 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| October | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 5° / 41°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 70 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Paderborn Germany · 58 km · best in Jun · 1,463 h sun/yr
- Hannover Germany · 118 km · best in Jun · 1,488 h sun/yr
- Dortmund Germany · 124 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
- Münster Germany · 142 km · best in Sep · 1,558 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 165 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
- Köln (Cologne) Germany · 168 km · best in Sep · 1,545 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Erfurt Germany · 120 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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