Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport

EDDH · Hamburg, Germany

Climate Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (EDDH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 36.1 44 40 38 27 40
February 52.6 60 28 49 51 65
March 66.7 69 69 63 79 63
April 79.7 73 77 84 78
May 82.7 85 83 87 73
June 85.1 84 91 91 87
July 84.1 85 83 91 85
August 88.8 92 85 91 79
September 81.6 88 90 81 72
October 70.0 68 57 81 79
November 43.6 29 36 52 37
December 34.2 19 30 45 31
Average 70.3 59.0 69.1 70.3 77.0 69.7

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 69.1 70 77 83 57 63
February 80.2 80 68 75 85 84
March 88.1 89 91 86 91 90
April 93.4 94 91 96 94
May 95.0 95 94 97 94
June 94.4 95 96 96 92
July 95.3 95 94 97 97
August 96.0 98 94 95 93
September 92.8 95 96 92 91
October 85.2 80 78 91 94
November 71.7 64 79 76 70
December 63.6 54 54 75 54
Average 87.3 80.8 87.1 87.3 90.1 87.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.1 4.5 4.7 6.7 6.7 3.7
February 6.6 5.4 8.8 7.0 8.1 5.5
March 9.9 12.0 11.5 9.1 10.6 9.8
April 13.4 14.0 12.3 12.4 10.8
May 18.2 21.1 18.0 18.5 14.8
June 22.7 20.3 24.5 22.6 24.0
July 22.7 22.8 21.8 23.5 23.8
August 23.5 23.6 21.6 26.1 20.5
September 19.6 21.0 23.0 18.1 19.3
October 14.8 14.6 14.4 16.6 14.5
November 8.7 8.3 8.0 9.0 8.9
December 5.8 6.9 6.0 2.1 5.0
Average 13.6 7.3 14.8 14.4 15.0 13.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.9 0.1 0.3 2.9 3.0 -1.8
February 0.8 -1.4 4.2 1.3 2.2 -2.9
March 1.7 0.7 4.2 2.6 0.1 0.5
April 3.9 5.7 3.2 3.1 1.7
May 8.0 11.0 7.2 7.7 7.0
June 12.1 11.5 11.1 10.9 13.0
July 13.1 13.3 13.4 12.4 15.0
August 13.4 13.6 12.9 13.8 12.5
September 10.6 11.6 12.0 9.8 11.4
October 8.1 7.4 8.5 9.0 7.4
November 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.7
December 2.0 3.3 2.7 -3.1 0.6
Average 5.9 0.0 7.5 6.8 6.4 6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 31.7 25 34 30 38 38
February 24.1 7 31 22 40 15
March 17.5 5 15 30 5 19
April 15.6 28 15 18 16
May 13.1 12 7 14 31
June 11.7 20 7 10 10
July 16.4 22 29 10 12
August 13.9 9 23 3 27
September 14.4 10 5 27 10
October 22.4 21 37 12 20
November 23.7 25 34 13 33
December 29.8 29 49 17 31
Average 17.5 11.3 20.0 21.6 15.5 20.6

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 (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.7 9 11 11 11 9
February 9.9 7 10 9 13 9
March 9.6 8 9 10 8 9
April 9.5 9 10 10 10
May 8.7 8 9 8 9
June 8.0 8 7 8 7
July 8.3 8 9 9 8
August 7.6 8 7 7 8
September 8.0 9 8 8 7
October 9.0 8 9 8 9
November 8.8 8 9 10 9
December 8.9 9 10 6 8
Average 8.7 8.1 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.3

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 226° 239° 229° 263° 231°
February 116° 234° 266° 236° 119°
March 265° 152° 244° 109° 256°
April 228° 072° 332° 305°
May 084° 027° 269° 246°
June 259° 341° 272° 300°
July 244° 234° 280° 259°
August 230° 254° 329° 263°
September 137° 194° 203° 248°
October 179° 217° 211° 202°
November 218° 219° 171° 235°
December 225° 236° 125° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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