Climate Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	35.1	40	38	27	40	32
February	51.6	28	49	51	65	54
March	66.5	69	63	79	63	80
April	80.6		77	84	78	93
May	82.3		83	87	73	91
June	85.3		91	91	87	86
July	84.0		83	91	85	84
August	88.4		85	91	79	94
September	80.7		90	81	72	82
October	70.3		57	81	79	66
November	45.7		36	52	37	52
December	36.5		30	45	31	30
Average	69.1	47.8	70.3	77.0	69.7	75.5

38th best VFR conditions of Germany

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.0	77	83	57	63	68
February	80.2	68	75	85	84	90
March	88.0	91	86	91	90	93
April	93.3		91	96	94	97
May	95.0		94	97	94	98
June	94.3		96	96	92	94
July	95.3		94	97	97	95
August	95.8		94	95	93	97
September	92.5		96	92	91	93
October	86.0		78	91	94	87
November	72.8		79	76	70	70
December	65.0		54	75	54	65
Average	87.1	79.4	87.3	90.1	87.4	89.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	5	7	7	4	8
February	6.8	9	7	8	6	8
March	9.7	12	9	11	10	10
April	13.3		12	12	11	15
May	17.8		18	19	15	17
June	23.1		25	23	24	23
July	22.7		22	24	24	21
August	23.5		22	26	21	26
September	19.4		23	18	19	20
October	14.8		14	17	15	14
November	8.8		8	9	9	10
December	5.7		6	2	5	6
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.

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.8	11	11	11	9	11
February	10.2	10	9	13	9	13
March	9.8	9	10	8	9	11
April	9.6		10	10	10	9
May	8.8		9	8	9	8
June	8.0		7	8	7	8
July	8.3		9	9	8	8
August	7.6		7	7	8	8
September	7.9		8	8	7	7
October	9.1		9	8	9	10
November	8.9		9	10	9	9
December	8.9		10	6	8	9
Average	8.9	9.9	8.8	8.7	8.3	9.0

36th 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	239°	229°	263°	231°	227°
February	234°	266°	236°	119°	232°
March	152°	244°	109°	256°	224°
April		072°	332°	305°	298°
May		027°	269°	246°	295°
June		341°	272°	300°	352°
July		234°	280°	259°	262°
August		254°	329°	263°	200°
September		194°	203°	248°	227°
October		217°	211°	202°	197°
November		219°	171°	235°	206°
December		236°	125°	212°	161°

Prevailing wind direction

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