Eimsbüttel climate — normals and trends
Eimsbüttel (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 733 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 (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Eimsbüttel averages 67 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Eimsbüttel has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 16 February 1956).
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
EimsbüttelFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- coords
- 53.57°, 9.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
733mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 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
38.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
87 mm
26 August 1946
Windiest day
55.9 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.4 h
29 June 2019
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 | 4.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 12 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 95 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 110 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 88 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 76 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eimsbüttel?
Eimsbüttel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 733 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eimsbüttel?
The hottest day measured in Eimsbüttel between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eimsbüttel?
The coldest day measured in Eimsbüttel between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Eimsbüttel?
Yes. Eimsbüttel gets on average 34.5 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Eimsbüttel warmed?
Yes: Eimsbüttel warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eimsbüttel?
The wettest day measured in Eimsbüttel between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1946, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eimsbüttel?
The windiest day measured in Eimsbüttel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eimsbüttel?
The warmest month in Eimsbüttel is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Eimsbüttel?
Eimsbüttel receives on average 733 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eimsbüttel?
Eimsbüttel gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eimsbüttel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eimsbüttel between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eimsbüttel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Eimsbüttel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eimsbüttel?
In Eimsbüttel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 16 February 1956.
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