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Bielefeld weather

North Rhine-Westphalia · 331,906 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 17:51

Overcast
12°
Overcast
Feels like 12°C
Wind
6 km/h
Gusts
14 km/h
Humidity
80 %
Pressure
1030 hPa
Clouds
87 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:15 Set 17:03 Day 9 h 48 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Afternoon
Overcast
Overcast
13°12°
Feels like 13°
Wind ↑ WSW 6 km/h
Gusts 14 km/h
Humidity 80 %
Evening
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
11°10°
Feels like 11°
Wind ↑ S 3 km/h
Humidity 92 %
19:00
Partly cloudy
11°
S 3
22:00
Partly cloudy
10°
NE 1

Bielefeld forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
0°4°8°11°15°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed8°2°Thu 29 Oct: max 13° · min 9° · normal 8.8°Fri 30 Oct: max 12° · min 8° · normal 8.6°Sat 31 Oct: max 11° · min 7° · normal 8.5°Sun 1 Nov: max 10° · min 5° · normal 8.5°Mon 2 Nov: max 8° · min 4° · normal 8.4°Tue 3 Nov: max 9° · min 6° · normal 8.2°Wed 4 Nov: max 8° · min 2° · normal 8.1°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu0°7°14°13°1°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Bielefeld climate: what a normal year looks like

From 16 h 44 min of daylight in late June to 7 h 44 min in late December.

Freezing nights are typical in January only (−1 °C on average).

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 23 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average −1 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 58 mm and 84 mm on average.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 10 °C, 4 °C cooler than a normal October (14 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan4 °C−1 °C83 mm
Feb6 °C0 °C66 mm
Mar9 °C2 °C70 mm
Apr14 °C5 °C58 mm
May17 °C8 °C67 mm
Jun21 °C12 °C72 mm
Jul23 °C14 °C83 mm
Aug23 °C14 °C82 mm
Sep19 °C11 °C71 mm
Oct14 °C8 °C75 mm
Nov8 °C4 °C73 mm
Dec5 °C1 °C84 mm
Whole year13 °C7 °C880 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 52.03° N, 8.53° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Bielefeld: pollution and pollen

3/6
Moderate
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.521µg/m³
PM1032µg/m³
O₃17µg/m³
NO₂32µg/m³
SO₂6µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Bielefeld

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Bielefeld, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Bielefeld

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 04:19 Set 23:03
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Europe/Berlin); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Bielefeld

Curious about the weather in Bielefeld on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Bielefeld weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “overcast”, it is 12 °C (feels like 12 °C) and the wind blows at 6 km/h.

Expected range today: 9 °C to 13 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

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