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=== Climate ===
Kiel has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb''; [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''Dolk''). Located on the Baltic Sea coast, the temperature fluctuates less than inland, with warm winters and cool summers throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from {{convert|2|C|F}} in winter to {{convert|17|C|F}} in summer. Days with a temperature above {{convert|30|C|F}} are rare, with an average of only 2.8 days per year.<ref name=WMO/>

The Kiel weather station has recorded the following extreme values:<ref name=sklima/>
* Highest Temperature {{convert|36.5|C|F}} on [[2022_European_heatwaves#July_heatwave_2|20 July 2022]].
* Warmest Minimum {{convert|22.1|C|F}} on 1 August 1994.
* Coldest Maximum {{convert|-15.4|C|F}} on 12 February 1940.
* Lowest Temperature {{convert|-24.8|C|F}} on 13 February 1940.<ref name=wetterzentrale/>
* Highest Daily Precipitation {{convert|104.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} on 27 August 1989.
* Wettest Month {{convert|252.0|mm|in|abbr=on}} in August 2011.
* Wettest Year {{convert|964.4|mm|in|abbr=on}} in 2002.
* Driest Year {{convert|454.4|mm|in|abbr=on}} in 1959.<!--
* Earliest Snowfall: 4 November 1966.
* Latest Snowfall: 28 April 1985.-->
* Longest annual sunshine: 2,115.3 hours in 1959.
* Shortest annual sunshine: 1,299.4 hours in 1987.

{{Weather box	
| location = Kiel (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present{{efn|Temperature data for Kiel have been recorded since 1940. The weather station data used from 1 January 1940 to 15 October 1988 came from [[Kronshagen|Kiel-Kronshagen]], and temperature data from 1 January 1974 to the present are from [[Holtenau|Kiel-Holtenau]].}})
| metric first = Y	
| single line = Y	
|Jan record high C = 14.6
|Feb record high C = 17.7
|Mar record high C = 21.9
|Apr record high C = 29.3
|May record high C = 33.5
|Jun record high C = 34.4
|Jul record high C = 36.5
|Aug record high C = 35.1
|Sep record high C = 30.1
|Oct record high C = 25.2
|Nov record high C = 19.5
|Dec record high C = 14.8
|year record high C = 36.5
|Jan avg record high C = 10.0
|Feb avg record high C = 10.8
|Mar avg record high C = 15.3
|Apr avg record high C = 21.3
|May avg record high C = 24.6
|Jun avg record high C = 27.4
|Jul avg record high C = 29.3
|Aug avg record high C = 30.0
|Sep avg record high C = 24.7
|Oct avg record high C = 19.2
|Nov avg record high C = 13.9
|Dec avg record high C = 10.8
|year avg record high C = 31.4
|Jan high C = 4.0
|Feb high C = 4.6
|Mar high C = 8.0
|Apr high C = 12.7
|May high C = 16.5
|Jun high C = 19.8
|Jul high C = 22.2
|Aug high C = 22.1
|Sep high C = 18.2
|Oct high C = 13.1
|Nov high C = 8.0
|Dec high C = 5.0
|year high C = 12.8
|Jan mean C = 2.0
|Feb mean C = 2.3
|Mar mean C = 4.4
|Apr mean C = 8.1
|May mean C = 12.0
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 17.7
|Aug mean C = 17.6
|Sep mean C = 14.2
|Oct mean C = 10.0
|Nov mean C = 5.8
|Dec mean C = 3.0
|year mean C = 9.3
|Jan low C = -0.4
|Feb low C = -0.4
|Mar low C = 1.4
|Apr low C = 3.9
|May low C = 7.2
|Jun low C = 10.5
|Jul low C = 13.0
|Aug low C = 13.1
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 6.9
|Nov low C = 3.4
|Dec low C = 0.9
|year low C = 5.8
|Jan avg record low C = -8.3
|Feb avg record low C = -7.5
|Mar avg record low C = -4.2
|Apr avg record low C = -2.2
|May avg record low C = 0.2
|Jun avg record low C = 5.2
|Jul avg record low C = 8.2
|Aug avg record low C = 8.0
|Sep avg record low C = 5.1
|Oct avg record low C = 0.5
|Nov avg record low C = -2.9
|Dec avg record low C = -6.1
|year avg record low C = -10.4
|Jan record low C = -20.8
|Feb record low C = -24.8
|Mar record low C = -14.5
|Apr record low C = -6.9
|May record low C = -3.0
|Jun record low C = 1.6
|Jul record low C = 4.3
|Aug record low C = 4.7
|Sep record low C = 0.6
|Oct record low C = -6.2
|Nov record low C = -12.0
|Dec record low C = -15.1
|year record low C = -24.8
|precipitation colour = green	
|Jan precipitation mm = 66.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 49.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 49.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 39.7
|May precipitation mm = 51.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 65.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 83.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 77.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 65.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 72.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 63.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 70.5
|year precipitation mm = 754.2
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 18.6
|Feb precipitation days = 16.8
|Mar precipitation days = 15.3
|Apr precipitation days = 13.2
|May precipitation days = 13.4
|Jun precipitation days = 14.0
|Jul precipitation days = 15.3
|Aug precipitation days = 15.6
|Sep precipitation days = 15.4
|Oct precipitation days = 17.1
|Nov precipitation days = 18.4
|Dec precipitation days = 19.3
|year precipitation days = 190.7
|Jan snow depth cm = 4.9
|Feb snow depth cm = 7.1
|Mar snow depth cm = 4.1
|Apr snow depth cm = 0.2
|May snow depth cm = 0
|Jun snow depth cm = 0
|Jul snow depth cm = 0
|Aug snow depth cm = 0
|Sep snow depth cm = 0
|Oct snow depth cm = 0
|Nov snow depth cm = 1.1
|Dec snow depth cm = 3.5
|year snow depth cm = 11.5
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 5.0
|Feb snow days = 6.4
|Mar snow days = 1.6
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 0.6
|Dec snow days = 2.8
|year snow days = 
|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 86.7
|Feb humidity = 84.1
|Mar humidity = 80.3
|Apr humidity = 74.8
|May humidity = 73.4
|Jun humidity = 73.9
|Jul humidity = 73.8
|Aug humidity = 75.5
|Sep humidity = 79.4
|Oct humidity = 82.5
|Nov humidity = 86.5
|Dec humidity = 88.0
|Jan sun = 40.2
|Feb sun = 60.5
|Mar sun = 115.4
|Apr sun = 190.3
|May sun = 243.7
|Jun sun = 228.3
|Jul sun = 242.2
|Aug sun = 216.7
|Sep sun = 155.1
|Oct sun = 106.2
|Nov sun = 50.3
|Dec sun = 31.4
|year sun = 1673.2
|source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMO>{{cite web
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012161156/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Kiel-Holtenau_10046.csv
|archive-date = 12 October 2023
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Kiel-Holtenau_10046.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
|work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = DWD Open Data<ref name=wetterzentrale>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_mon.php?station=2565&maand=1&country=1&order=1&extreem=X_TX
|title = Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw.
|publisher = DWD
|language = de
|access-date = 18 November 2023}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_mon.php?station=2564&maand=1&country=1&order=1&extreem=X_TX
|title = Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw.
|publisher = DWD
|language = de
|access-date = 18 November 2023}}</ref><ref name=sklima>{{cite web 
|url = http://sklima.de/datenbank_auswertung.php?tab=2
|title = Monatsauswertung 
|website = sklima.de 
|publisher = SKlima 
|language = de 
|access-date = 29 October 2024}}</ref>
}}