Heide weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Heide is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 72/100), with August and June close behind. Heide averages about 1,552 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 86 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,552
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 72/100
- Rain / year
- 871 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈19 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 20°C / 68°F
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Heide?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Heide is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 81 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Heide?
Heide isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,552 hours of sunshine a year. 72 Sunshine Score points separate July (72) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 871 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 81 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 65 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| April | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 41 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 58 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 73 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 72 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 86 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 88 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 74 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 85 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 80 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 85 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Heide by month
The sea off Heide is warmest in August at around 20°C / 68°F, and coolest in January at 4°C / 39°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hamburg Germany · 92 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
- Bremen Germany · 123 km · best in Jun · 1,575 h sun/yr
- Billund Denmark · 177 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Hannover Germany · 195 km · best in Jun · 1,488 h sun/yr
- Münster Germany · 239 km · best in Sep · 1,558 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 263 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cuxhaven Germany · 46 km · 1,580 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Helgoland Germany · 64 km · 1,682 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wangerooge Germany · 76 km · 1,563 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sylt Germany · 92 km · 1,558 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Sønderborg Denmark · 107 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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