Bochum Weather in September
Bochum in September
The short of it: Bochum in September averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 80 mm · daylight 12 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Bochum an average September high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 80 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from August to about 20°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 33 min in mid-September, 122 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates September 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Bochum runs cooler than most and wetter than most in September. Wattenscheid, 5 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
September in Bochum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 4° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus October
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km W | 20° | 11° | 78 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km N | 20° | 10° | 77 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km WNW | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 82 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km ESE | 19° | 10° | 80 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NE | 20° | 10° | 74 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 76 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km W | 20° | 11° | 79 mm |