Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamburg weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Hamburg: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norderstedt (17 km away). In July its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Hamburg, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Hamburg ranks joint 94th of 120 for the warmest July highs and joint 86th of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Hamburg is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hamburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 61 | 12.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 49 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 53 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 47 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 64 | 11.2 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.917 h |
| July, selected | 22.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 85 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 76 | 13.1 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 52 | 11.3 | 8.79 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 62 | 12.3 | 7.68 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Norderstedt in JulyGermany · 17 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Lüneburg in JulyGermany · 44 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Lübeck in JulyGermany · 58 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Neumünster in JulyGermany · 58 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Kiel in JulyGermany · 86 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bremerhaven in JulyGermany · 94 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Schwerin in JulyGermany · 94 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Bremen in JulyGermany · 95 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 79 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hamburg) is explained once on the Hamburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.