Brussels
Elevation 70 m50.85° N, 4.35° E
When to go?
Mean 4 °C, 12 rain days in the month (72 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 5 °C, 11 rain days in the month (63 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 11 rain days in the month (55 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 10 °C, 10 rain days in the month (47 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 11 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 9 rain days in the month (70 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 11 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, 11 rain days in the month (82 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 16 °C, 10 rain days in the month (61 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 11 rain days in the month (75 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 13 rain days in the month (78 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 5 °C, 13 rain days in the month (83 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are June, September.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.2 °C; in the last ten years by +1.9 °C. Warmest year: 2020 (+2.4 °C), coldest: 1963 (−1.4 °C).
April and February warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.4 °C), October the least (+0.7 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 10 °C) begins 12 days earlier and ends 6 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.