Blankenese climate — normals and trends
Blankenese (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 749 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Blankenese averages 64 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Blankenese has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.4 °C (on 13 February 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BlankeneseFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- coords
- 53.56°, 9.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
749mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
64 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.9 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
74 mm
18 July 2002
Windiest day
54.8 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
121.0 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.4 h
20 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 12 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 35 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 47 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 100 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 111 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 93 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 79 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 35 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Blankenese?
Blankenese has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 749 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blankenese?
The hottest day measured in Blankenese between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Blankenese?
The coldest day measured in Blankenese between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Blankenese?
Yes. Blankenese gets on average 33.9 cm of snow per year and has around 64 frost days.
Has the climate of Blankenese warmed?
Yes: Blankenese warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Blankenese?
The wettest day measured in Blankenese between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2002, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Blankenese?
The windiest day measured in Blankenese between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Blankenese?
The warmest month in Blankenese is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Blankenese?
Blankenese receives on average 749 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Blankenese?
Blankenese gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Blankenese?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Blankenese between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Blankenese?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Blankenese.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Blankenese?
In Blankenese, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 13 February 1940.
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