Dorsten weather in July

In July, Dorsten sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 78 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Dorsten's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dorsten's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 16 hours; 4:38 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Dorsten is human settlement in Germany.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Dorsten reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	24	14
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

How July really feels in Dorsten

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dorsten weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / 1°	75	13.5	2.4	8.1	0.1
Feb	6° / 1°	61	11.4	2.5	9.6	0.4
Mar	10° / 3°	62	12.2	1	11.5	2.1
Apr	14° / 5°	50	10.8	0.1	13.6	4.1
May	18° / 9°	59	11.5	0	15.3	5.6
Jun	21° / 12°	67	12.1	0	16.3	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	78	13.1	0	15.9	6.3
Aug	23° / 14°	79	12.4	0	14.4	6.3
Sep	19° / 11°	67	10.9	0	12.4	5.7
Oct	14° / 8°	67	11.6	0	10.4	3.9
Nov	9° / 4°	67	12.6	0.6	8.6	1.6
Dec	6° / 2°	80	13.6	2.5	7.7	0.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	35	35	35	36	36	37	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	65	65	65	64	64	63	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Dorsten gets around 78 mm of rain over 13.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	39
31	39

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	60	59	58	56	55	54	53	52	50	50	50	49	48	48	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	36
Comfortable (%)	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	45
Humid (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	60	28	11	1
2	59	29	11	1
3	58	30	11	1
4	56	31	12	1
5	55	32	12	1
6	54	33	12	1
7	53	34	12	1
8	52	35	12	1
9	50	36	13	1
10	50	36	13	1
11	50	37	13	1
12	49	37	13	1
13	48	38	13	1
14	48	38	13	1
15	47	39	14	1
16	46	39	14	1
17	45	39	14	1
18	44	40	15	1
19	43	40	15	1
20	43	40	15	2
21	42	41	16	2
22	41	41	16	2
23	40	41	17	2
24	39	42	17	2
25	39	42	17	2
26	38	43	17	2
27	37	43	17	2
28	37	44	17	2
29	36	45	17	2
30	36	45	17	2
31	36	45	17	2

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
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24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:24 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 8:47 PM to 8:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:47	4:48	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:54	4:55	4:57	4:58
Sunset (PM)	8:47	8:46	8:46	8:46	8:45	8:45	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:23	8:21	8:20	8:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.4	4:24	8:47
2	16.4	4:25	8:46
3	16.3	4:26	8:46
4	16.3	4:26	8:46
5	16.3	4:27	8:45
6	16.3	4:28	8:45
7	16.3	4:29	8:44
8	16.2	4:30	8:44
9	16.2	4:31	8:43
10	16.2	4:31	8:43
11	16.2	4:32	8:42
12	16.1	4:33	8:41
13	16.1	4:35	8:40
14	16.1	4:36	8:39
15	16.0	4:37	8:39
16	16.0	4:38	8:38
17	16.0	4:39	8:37
18	15.9	4:40	8:36
19	15.9	4:42	8:34
20	15.8	4:43	8:33
21	15.8	4:44	8:32
22	15.8	4:45	8:31
23	15.7	4:47	8:30
24	15.7	4:48	8:28
25	15.6	4:50	8:27
26	15.6	4:51	8:26
27	15.5	4:52	8:24
28	15.5	4:54	8:23
29	15.4	4:55	8:21
30	15.4	4:57	8:20
31	15.3	4:58	8:18

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Dorsten?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Dorsten for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dorsten in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Dorsten sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dorsten in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dorsten peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Dorsten?

Dorsten sits at 51.7°N, 7.0°E, 36 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Marl, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Dorsten

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dorsten.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dorsten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 38 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Dorsten is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), cropland (32%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

53 m

trees 42%

16 km

170 m

trees 52%

80 km

753 m

trees 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← June Dorsten year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Marl 9.0 km · Gladbeck 10 km · Buer 11 km · Herten 14 km · Bottrop 16 km · Recklinghausen 17 km · Haltern am See 17 km · Dinslaken 19 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 80% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $60,496; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 615
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dorsten (51.6617°, 6.9651°, elevation 36 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	24	14
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	60	28	11	1
2	59	29	11	1
3	58	30	11	1
4	56	31	12	1
5	55	32	12	1
6	54	33	12	1
7	53	34	12	1
8	52	35	12	1
9	50	36	13	1
10	50	36	13	1
11	50	37	13	1
12	49	37	13	1
13	48	38	13	1
14	48	38	13	1
15	47	39	14	1
16	46	39	14	1
17	45	39	14	1
18	44	40	15	1
19	43	40	15	1
20	43	40	15	2
21	42	41	16	2
22	41	41	16	2
23	40	41	17	2
24	39	42	17	2
25	39	42	17	2
26	38	43	17	2
27	37	43	17	2
28	37	44	17	2
29	36	45	17	2
30	36	45	17	2
31	36	45	17	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	24	14
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	60	28	11	1
2	59	29	11	1
3	58	30	11	1
4	56	31	12	1
5	55	32	12	1
6	54	33	12	1
7	53	34	12	1
8	52	35	12	1
9	50	36	13	1
10	50	36	13	1
11	50	37	13	1
12	49	37	13	1
13	48	38	13	1
14	48	38	13	1
15	47	39	14	1
16	46	39	14	1
17	45	39	14	1
18	44	40	15	1
19	43	40	15	1
20	43	40	15	2
21	42	41	16	2
22	41	41	16	2
23	40	41	17	2
24	39	42	17	2
25	39	42	17	2
26	38	43	17	2
27	37	43	17	2
28	37	44	17	2
29	36	45	17	2
30	36	45	17	2
31	36	45	17	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	24	14
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	60	28	11	1
2	59	29	11	1
3	58	30	11	1
4	56	31	12	1
5	55	32	12	1
6	54	33	12	1
7	53	34	12	1
8	52	35	12	1
9	50	36	13	1
10	50	36	13	1
11	50	37	13	1
12	49	37	13	1
13	48	38	13	1
14	48	38	13	1
15	47	39	14	1
16	46	39	14	1
17	45	39	14	1
18	44	40	15	1
19	43	40	15	1
20	43	40	15	2
21	42	41	16	2
22	41	41	16	2
23	40	41	17	2
24	39	42	17	2
25	39	42	17	2
26	38	43	17	2
27	37	43	17	2
28	37	44	17	2
29	36	45	17	2
30	36	45	17	2
31	36	45	17	2