Sylt weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Sylt is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with July and September close behind. Sylt averages about 1,558 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 96 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,558
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 892 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 86k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Sylt?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sylt is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 82 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sylt?
Sylt isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,558 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate August (64) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 892 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 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 82 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 54 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 41 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 10° / 50°F | 51 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 69 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 77 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| August | 64 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 96 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 83 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 95 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 89 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 90 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Sylt by month
The sea off Sylt is warmest in July at around 19°C / 66°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
- Billund Denmark · 105 km · best in Jul · 1,625 h sun/yr
- Hamburg Germany · 178 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
- Bremen Germany · 210 km · best in Jun · 1,575 h sun/yr
- Aarhus Denmark · 211 km · best in Jul · 1,688 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 260 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Copenhagen Denmark · 284 km · best in Jul · 1,702 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Esbjerg Denmark · 69 km · 1,623 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Helgoland Germany · 85 km · 1,682 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Heide Germany · 92 km · 1,552 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sønderborg Denmark · 93 km · 1,559 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wangerooge Germany · 129 km · 1,563 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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