Climate and average weather in Iserlohn

In Iserlohn, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Iserlohn typically varies from 0°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -8°C or above 30°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Iserlohn for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jul
86 mm
Driest
Apr
55 mm
Rain / yr
887 mm
157 wet days
Daylight
7.6–16.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
253 m
51.4°N
Clearest
Aug
65% cloud
Air quality
Good
PM10 27.2 µg/m³ · 2010

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

Iserlohn weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Iserlohn, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 26 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Iserlohn is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 17 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Iserlohn is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan50
Feb50
Mar93
Apr145
May189
Jun2112
Jul2314
Aug2214
Sep1811
Oct148
Nov94
Dec51

How hot and cold Iserlohn really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 25), with roughly 130 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-40
Feb55-40
Mar99-13
Apr141425
May181879
Jun21211212
Jul23231414
Aug22221414
Sep18181011
Oct141458
Nov9914
Dec55-31

Average hourly temperature in Iserlohn

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Iserlohn weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8114.448.20.0
Feb / 6712.34.49.60.2
Mar / 7113.5211.51.8
Apr14° / 5511.20.413.53.8
May18° / 6712.6015.35.3
Jun21° / 12°7312.7016.35.8
Jul23° / 14°8614.1015.96.1
Aug22° / 14°8413.1014.46.2
Sep18° / 11°7212.3012.45.5
Oct14° / 7212.7010.43.6
Nov / 7513.81.28.61.4
Dec / 8514.73.77.70.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Iserlohn gets about 887 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.3 months, from around Dec 5 to Mar 13, peaking in December at about 50% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 18.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 86 mm over about 14 wet days; April is the driest, with 55 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 28 · 50%Apr 18 · 34%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4614
Feb4412
Mar4314
Apr3711
May4113
Jun4313
Jul4514
Aug4313
Sep4112
Oct4113
Nov4514
Dec4715

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Iserlohn collects about 887 mm of rain across 157 wet days — roughly 74 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 86 mm, while April is the driest at just 55 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec816771556773868472727585
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan81144
Feb67124
Mar71142
Apr55110
May67130
Jun73130
Jul86140
Aug84130
Sep72120
Oct72130
Nov75141
Dec85154

Snow in Iserlohn

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Iserlohn averages about 16 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 9 to Apr 12 — about 5.1 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 52 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan411
Feb415
Mar25
Apr02
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov15
Dec414

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Iserlohn, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 17 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around September 29. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 37% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 23 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around March 16. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 41%Dec 25 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb2575
Mar2971
Apr3466
May3268
Jun3268
Jul3763
Aug3565
Sep3466
Oct2971
Nov2476
Dec2278

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 17, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.28:354:42
Feb9.67:555:33
Mar11.56:536:24
Apr13.55:427:17
May15.34:458:06
Jun16.34:198:40
Jul15.94:368:33
Aug14.45:217:45
Sep12.46:126:35
Oct10.47:035:26
Nov8.67:574:32
Dec7.78:364:15

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Iserlohn averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 7 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.8 months, from around Mar 12 to Jun 5. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 43% fewer than the April peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 197 daysNov 153 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Iserlohn, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around May 26 to September 13. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 14 to May 25, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 23 · 100%Jul 27 · 82%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92720
Jun712181
Jul5035141
Aug4935151
Sep771940
Oct94600
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Iserlohn is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Oct 10 to Mar 26. The windiest month is January, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 27 to Oct 9, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 5 · 17 km/hJul 30 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Best time to visit Iserlohn

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Iserlohn throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Iserlohn is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Iserlohn for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 6.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar1.8poor
Apr3.8fair
May5.3fair
Jun5.8good
Jul6.1good
Aug6.1good
Sep5.4fair
Oct3.6fair
Nov1.4poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Iserlohn for hot-weather activities is from early July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 5.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Iserlohn, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

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

UV index (midday) in Iserlohn by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Iserlohn peaks around July 14 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Iserlohn

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 2.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr50
May70
Jun7.52
Jul7.52.5
Aug6.50
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Iserlohn typically lasts about 350 days, from around February 7 to January 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to November 11.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 750%Apr 1490%Nov 1190%Jan 2250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5231
Feb5428
Mar7531
Apr9114
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8419
Dec6231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Iserlohn banks about 963 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May102
Jun185
Jul256
Aug248
Sep137
Oct25
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Iserlohn receives about 2.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.2 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.6 kWh/m² — roughly 88% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 265.2 kWhDec 210.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.8Dim
Feb1.5Dim
Mar2.7Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May4.9Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep3.0Moderate
Oct1.8Dim
Nov0.9Dim
Dec0.6Dim

Where is Iserlohn?

Iserlohn sits at 51.4°N, 7.7°E, 253 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hemer, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Iserlohn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Iserlohn has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 491 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m.

The land around Iserlohn is covered by trees (69%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (59%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
331 m
16 km
491 m
80 km
861 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Hemer 5.0 km · Menden 9.0 km · Altena 9.0 km · Fröndenberg 12 km · Schwerte 12 km · Werdohl 14 km · Holzwickede 15 km · Aplerbeck 16 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
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Iserlohn (51.3755°, 7.7028°, elevation 253 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).