Weather in Hamburg

Calculated from weather data of Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (EDDH) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	4.7	6.7	6.7	3.7	7.5
February	6.8	8.8	7.0	8.1	5.5	8.4
March	9.7	11.5	9.1	10.6	9.8	9.6
April	13.3		12.3	12.4	10.8	15.4
May	17.8		18.0	18.5	14.8	16.8
June	23.1		24.5	22.6	24.0	22.6
July	22.7		21.8	23.5	23.8	20.6
August	23.5		21.6	26.1	20.5	26.1
September	19.4		23.0	18.1	19.3	19.8
October	14.8		14.4	16.6	14.5	14.0
November	8.8		8.0	9.0	8.9	10.3
December	5.7		6.0	2.1	5.0	5.7
Average	13.5	8.3	14.4	15.0	13.4	14.7

36th highest temperature of Germany

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.0	0	3	3	0	3
February	1.0	4	1	2	-1	3
March	1.8	4	3	0	1	1
April	3.6		3	3	2	4
May	7.5		7	8	7	6
June	12.1		11	11	13	12
July	13.1		13	12	15	11
August	13.4		13	14	13	15
September	10.5		12	10	11	9
October	8.2		9	9	7	8
November	4.0		4	4	5	5
December	1.9		3	-3	1	2
Average	6.0	2.9	6.8	6.4	6.0	6.6

24th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	1	9	2	11
25 °C or warmer	0	29	34	23	29
20 °C or warmer	0	96	90	81	81
0 °C or colder	16	43	41	57	21

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.6	34	30	38	38	32
February	26.1	31	22	40	15	37
March	19.1	15	30	5	19	16
April	13.8		15	18	16	6
May	13.2		7	14	31	9
June	10.5		7	10	10	10
July	15.6		29	10	12	22
August	14.6		23	3	27	12
September	15.0		5	27	10	10
October	22.7		37	12	20	22
November	23.5		34	13	33	16
December	29.9		49	17	31	22
Average	18.9	25.1	21.6	15.5	20.6	16.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.1	19	20	20	16	20
February	18.9	19	16	24	16	24
March	18.2	17	18	15	18	20
April	17.9		18	19	18	17
May	16.3		16	16	17	15
June	14.8		14	14	13	15
July	15.4		17	16	15	15
August	14.2		14	13	14	14
September	14.7		14	14	13	14
October	16.9		17	16	17	18
November	16.5		17	18	16	17
December	16.4		18	11	15	16
Average	16.6	18.3	16.3	16.1	15.5	16.6

4th highest wind speed of Germany

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	W	SW	SW
February	SW	W	SW	SE	SW
March	SE	SW	E	W	SW
April		E	NW	NW	NW
May		NE	W	SW	NW
June		N	W	NW	N
July		SW	W	W	W
August		W	NW	W	S
September		S	SW	W	SW
October		SW	SW	S	S
November		SW	S	SW	SW
December		SW	SE	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Hamburg weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Hamburg?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 24 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Hamburg?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 5 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Hamburg?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 32.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Hamburg?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 10.5 %.