Hamburg climate

Name: Hamburg
Address: DE

Hamburg is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -0.4 °C. July is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (48 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hamburg averages 744 mm of rain, 23 days above 25 °C and 64 days below freezing.

Germany · population 1,973,896 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 22 °C
Coldest month February -0.4 °C
Driest month April 48 mm
Wettest month July 86 mm
Least cloud April 62 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record February -18 °C

What to expectHamburg through the year

Hamburg has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.9 °C in February to 22 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 23 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 64 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 48 mm in April to 86 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.8 °C	63 mm	78 %
February	4.9 °C	50 mm	76 %
March	8.3 °C	53 mm	70 %
April	13.4 °C	48 mm	62 %
May	17.4 °C	64 mm	62 %
June	20.2 °C	71 mm	65 %
July	22.4 °C	86 mm	63 %
August	22.2 °C	76 mm	63 %
September	18.3 °C	57 mm	66 %
October	13.1 °C	58 mm	71 %
November	7.8 °C	54 mm	79 %
December	4.5 °C	63 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.8 °C	-0.4 °C	1.7 °C	13.2 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	15
February	4.9 °C	-0.4 °C	2.1 °C	16.7 °C	-18.1 °C	0	0	15
March	8.3 °C	0.9 °C	4.5 °C	21.2 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	11
April	13.4 °C	4.2 °C	8.8 °C	26.0 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	3
May	17.4 °C	8.2 °C	13.0 °C	31.2 °C	-0.1 °C	2	0	0
June	20.2 °C	11.6 °C	16.1 °C	34.1 °C	3.5 °C	4	0	0
July	22.4 °C	13.9 °C	18.3 °C	35.3 °C	7.6 °C	8	2	0
August	22.2 °C	14.0 °C	18.1 °C	35.5 °C	6.5 °C	7	1	0
September	18.3 °C	11.0 °C	14.5 °C	30.0 °C	3.6 °C	1	0	0
October	13.1 °C	7.2 °C	10.1 °C	26.6 °C	-3.5 °C	0	0	1
November	7.8 °C	3.4 °C	5.6 °C	18.9 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	6
December	4.5 °C	0.6 °C	2.7 °C	14.2 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	63 mm	12	8.0 h/day	78 %	86 %	21 km/h
February	50 mm	10	9.8 h/day	76 %	82 %	21 km/h
March	53 mm	11	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	20 km/h
April	48 mm	10	14 h/day	62 %	74 %	18 km/h
May	64 mm	11	16 h/day	62 %	72 %	18 km/h
June	71 mm	12	17 h/day	65 %	72 %	18 km/h
July	86 mm	13	17 h/day	63 %	73 %	17 km/h
August	76 mm	13	15 h/day	63 %	74 %	17 km/h
September	57 mm	10	13 h/day	66 %	78 %	18 km/h
October	58 mm	11	11 h/day	71 %	83 %	19 km/h
November	54 mm	11	8.6 h/day	79 %	87 %	19 km/h
December	63 mm	12	7.5 h/day	80 %	88 %	20 km/h

How Hamburg compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Hamburg	22 °C	-0.4 °C	744 mm	23
Lübeck · Germany	22 °C	-0.5 °C	687 mm	18
Kiel · Germany	21 °C	-0.3 °C	693 mm	13
Bremen · Germany	22 °C	0.03 °C	740 mm	20
Oldenburg · Germany	22 °C	0.2 °C	797 mm	19
Hannover · Germany	23 °C	-0.3 °C	718 mm	27

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Hamburg.

QuestionsCommon questions about Hamburg’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hamburg?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Hamburg get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.4 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 64 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Hamburg?

July, averaging 86 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is April with 48 mm. The year as a whole averages 744 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Hamburg rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 53.551°, 9.993° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.