Climate guideThirty-year normals for Elmshorn
Elmshorn climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Jul · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation871 mm157 wet days a year
53.75° N, 9.66° EElevation 8 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goElmshorn · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul · Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Elmshorn has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 871 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (90 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (43 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 58% in January.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Elmshorn is 2.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 03 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 28 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 75 mm | 55 mm | 71 mm | 43 mm | 63 mm | 82 mm | 90 mm | 83 mm | 75 mm | 80 mm | 78 mm | 76 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 55% | 50% | 41% | 38% | 41% | 37% | 37% | 42% | 48% | 55% | 58% |
| Daylight | 7h 59 | 9h 48 | 11h 47 | 14h 00 | 15h 55 | 17h 03 | 16h 35 | 14h 53 | 12h 45 | 10h 38 | 8h 37 | 7h 28 |
| Month score | 13 | 21 | 24 | 50 | 71 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 37 | 15 | 13 |
ivMonth by month
Elmshorn in every month
January13
4° / -1°
75 mm · 14.8 wet days
February21
5° / -1°
55 mm · 11.3 wet days
March24
9° / 1°
71 mm · 10.8 wet days
April50
14° / 4°
43 mm · 9.8 wet days
May71
18° / 7°
63 mm · 11.1 wet days
June63
21° / 11°
82 mm · 13.8 wet days
July64
23° / 13°
90 mm · 15.5 wet days
August64
23° / 13°
83 mm · 15.4 wet days
September66
19° / 10°
75 mm · 12.3 wet days
October37
14° / 6°
80 mm · 13.4 wet days
November15
8° / 3°
78 mm · 14.3 wet days
December13
5° / 0°
76 mm · 14.8 wet days