Climate and average weather in Buchholz in der Nordheide

In Buchholz in der Nordheide, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Buchholz in der Nordheide typically varies from -0°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -8°C or above 30°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Buchholz in der Nordheide for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-0°
Wettest
Jul
91 mm
Driest
Apr
49 mm
Rain / yr
773 mm
144 wet days
Daylight
7.3–16.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
73 m
53.3°N
Clearest
Apr
64% cloud

Buchholz in der Nordheide is human settlement in Germany.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Buchholz in der Nordheide weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Buchholz in der Nordheide, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 25 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Buchholz in der Nordheide is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 16 to March 9, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Buchholz in der Nordheide is January, with an average low of -0°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan40
Feb50
Mar82
Apr135
May188
Jun2011
Jul2314
Aug2213
Sep1810
Oct137
Nov83
Dec51

How hot and cold Buchholz in der Nordheide really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 28), with roughly 142 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-50
Feb55-50
Mar88-22
Apr131325
May181868
Jun20201111
Jul23231314
Aug22221313
Sep18181010
Oct131347
Nov8803
Dec55-31

Average hourly temperature in Buchholz in der Nordheide

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -0°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Buchholz in der Nordheide weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°6612.52.67.80.0
Feb / -0°5210.93.49.40.1
Mar / 5611.2211.51.4
Apr13° / 4910.90.313.73.7
May18° / 6711.7015.65.4
Jun20° / 11°7412.7016.65.8
Jul23° / 14°9113.8016.26.1
Aug22° / 13°7913.3014.66.1
Sep18° / 10°5910.5012.45.6
Oct13° / 5911.8010.33.5
Nov / 5611.50.88.41.1
Dec / 6612.92.87.40.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Buchholz in der Nordheide gets about 773 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.2 months, from around May 30 to Sep 4, peaking in June at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 18.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 91 mm over about 14 wet days; April is the driest, with 49 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 27 · 45%Sep 18 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4013
Feb3911
Mar3711
Apr3511
May3812
Jun4313
Jul4414
Aug4313
Sep3611
Oct3812
Nov3912
Dec4113

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Buchholz in der Nordheide collects about 773 mm of rain across 144 wet days — roughly 64 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 91 mm, while April is the driest at just 49 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec665256496774917959595666
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan66133
Feb52113
Mar56112
Apr49110
May67120
Jun74130
Jul91140
Aug79130
Sep59110
Oct59120
Nov56121
Dec66133

Snow in Buchholz in der Nordheide

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Buchholz in der Nordheide averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 11 to Apr 8 — about 4.9 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 14 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 43 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 16
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan38
Feb314
Mar27
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov12
Dec310

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Buchholz in der Nordheide, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 22 and lasts for 2.9 months, ending around June 18. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 38% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 18 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around March 21. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 22 · 41%Dec 9 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2080
Feb2278
Mar2674
Apr3862
May3466
Jun3070
Jul3466
Aug3763
Sep3466
Oct2872
Nov1981
Dec1882

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 16 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.88:364:23
Feb9.47:525:19
Mar11.56:466:14
Apr13.75:307:12
May15.64:288:05
Jun16.63:598:42
Jul16.24:188:34
Aug14.65:077:42
Sep12.46:026:27
Oct10.36:585:14
Nov8.47:574:15
Dec7.48:383:55

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Buchholz in der Nordheide averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 7 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.8 months, from around Mar 16 to Jun 8. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is December, down near 3 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the April peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 217 daysDec 193 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug5Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Buchholz in der Nordheide, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 12% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 21 · 100%Jul 30 · 85%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May94510
Jun771750
Jul5335111
Aug5235121
Sep821620
Oct96400
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Buchholz in der Nordheide is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 14 to Apr 3. The windiest month is January, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 4 to Oct 13, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 6 · 16 km/hJul 29 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul12calm
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Buchholz in der Nordheide

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Buchholz in der Nordheide throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Buchholz in der Nordheide is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Buchholz in der Nordheide for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 6.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.1poor
Mar1.4poor
Apr3.7fair
May5.4fair
Jun5.8good
Jul6.1good
Aug6.1good
Sep5.6good
Oct3.5poor
Nov1.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Buchholz in der Nordheide for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 5.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Buchholz in der Nordheide, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Buchholz in der Nordheide sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Buchholz in der Nordheide by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Buchholz in der Nordheide peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Buchholz in der Nordheide

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr3.50
May6.50
Jun70
Jul70
Aug60
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Buchholz in der Nordheide typically lasts about 331 days, from around February 20 to January 16 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 13 to November 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2050%Apr 1390%Nov 490%Jan 1650%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4931
Feb4928
Mar6931
Apr9015
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct957
Nov8030
Dec5831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Buchholz in der Nordheide banks about 914 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr6
May92
Jun175
Jul249
Aug244
Sep131
Oct17
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Buchholz in der Nordheide receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.2 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.5 kWh/m² — roughly 91% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 75.3 kWhDec 210.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.6Dim
Feb1.3Dim
Mar2.5Moderate
Apr4.2Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.9Moderate
Oct1.6Dim
Nov0.8Dim
Dec0.5Dim

Where is Buchholz in der Nordheide?

Buchholz in der Nordheide sits at 53.3°N, 9.9°E, 73 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Seevetal, 10 km away.

Topography around Buchholz in der Nordheide

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Buchholz in der Nordheide.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buchholz in der Nordheide has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 73 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m.

The land around Buchholz in der Nordheide is covered by trees (58%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (32%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
168 m
80 km
268 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Seevetal 10 km · Eißendorf 15 km · Neugraben-Fischbek 15 km · Neu Wulmstorf 16 km · Hausbruch 16 km · Harburg 16 km · Buxtehude 19 km · Wilhelmsburg 21 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Buchholz in der Nordheide (53.3304°, 9.866°, elevation 73 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).