Weather risk planner

Weather risk for filming in Hamburg

Three exterior days in Hamburg in July: rain hits at least one with 86 % probability. In September it is 70 %. The tool is set to Hamburg — enter your own days.

Three exterior days in Hamburg: in July rain hits at least one of them with 86 % probability, in September with 70 %. Choose your month and number of days.
Climate data for 284 cities.

Plan by
100 %
100 % = any day with ≥ 1 mm rain is lost. Lower it if scenes can play in light rain or under cover.
Cover days for
At least one day hit
86 %
Expected lost days
—
Cover days to hold
—
Risk per day
—
Rain days in month
—
Sunshine per day
—
Daylight
—
Mean temperature
—

Your shoot, played out 20 times

Same number of days in every month — click a month

  • risk of at least one lost day
  • sunshine hours per day
Lost daysProbabilityThis many or fewer
Put cover days into a schedule

Runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere.

Rain risk in Hamburg, month by month

Hamburg averages 15 rain days in July and 10 in September. A rain day here is any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation, averaged over 2015–2024. The risk columns assume every exterior day can be lost; the cover-day column is what you need to be 90 % sure a five-day exterior block finishes.

Hamburg: rain days and risk for 3 or 5 exterior days (Open-Meteo/ERA5, 2015–2024)
MonthRain days3 days: ≥ 1 hit5 days: ≥ 1 hitCover days (5 d, 90 %)Sun/dayMean temp
January1484 %95 %42.9 h2.7 °C
February1384 %95 %44.7 h3.5 °C
March1277 %91 %36.7 h5.4 °C
April1175 %90 %310.1 h8.5 °C
May1277 %91 %311.2 h13.4 °C
June1175 %90 %312.0 h17.6 °C
July1586 %96 %411.5 h18.3 °C
August1380 %93 %410.7 h18.9 °C
September1070 %87 %38.9 h15.4 °C
October1484 %95 %45.8 h11.2 °C
November1382 %94 %43.4 h6.4 °C
December1484 %95 %42.3 h4.4 °C

When to shoot exteriors in Hamburg

Weighing daylight against rain days, June comes out best: 17 h 01 min of daylight, 11 rain days and 12.0 hours of sunshine a day. The sunniest month is June (12.0 h a day).

The rain risk barely moves through the year in Hamburg: five exterior days run a 87 % to 96 % risk of losing at least one day, whatever the month. Choosing the month buys you little here; cover days and a flexible schedule buy you more.

Rain days are not grey days: even in July, the wettest month, the sun shines 11.5 hours a day on average. Many of those rain days are wet for an hour, not all day — if your scenes can wait out a shower, lower the share slider in the tool.

Frequently asked

What is the rainiest month in Hamburg?

July, with 15 days of at least 1 mm rain on average (2015–2024). The driest is September with 10.

How many cover days should I plan for an exterior shoot in Hamburg?

For five exterior days and 90 % certainty: 3 in September, 4 in July. The tool above calculates it for your exact number of days.

Is this a weather forecast?

No — it is climate: what the last ten years looked like on average. From about ten days before the shoot, the national weather service forecast is the better source.