Hamburg
City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hamburg view St. Nikolai: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Hamburg is a city in Germany. About 2.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Germany in our atlas.
It lies at 53.55° N, 9.99° E, about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Hamburg. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hamburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (29°F). Around 753 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GermanyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bremen · 94 km
- Hannover · 132 km
- Berlin · 253 km
- Dortmund · 281 km
- Leipzig · 291 km
- Essen · 304 km
- Duisburg · 317 km
- Düsseldorf · 334 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2911298 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1055 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hamburg view St. Nikolai: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Well lit soccer stadium (Unsplash): Mario Klassen marioklassen, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2025-03-31-Hamburgische-Staatsoper: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sonntägliche Wiese in Planten un Blomen: Hinnerk Haardt, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hh-hamburgmuseum: Staro1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rote Flora März 2021: Hinnerk11, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg: Daniel Mietchen, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hh-thalia: Staro1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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