Climate guideThirty-year normals for Chemnitz
Chemnitz climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation815 mm146 wet days a year
50.84° N, 12.93° EElevation 306 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goChemnitz · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Chemnitz has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 815 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (59 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (55 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in August to 55% in November.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Chemnitz is 1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 59 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 4° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 59 mm | 51 mm | 64 mm | 55 mm | 68 mm | 74 mm | 95 mm | 93 mm | 66 mm | 53 mm | 69 mm | 68 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 13.9 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 51% | 49% | 42% | 41% | 41% | 38% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 55% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 26 | 10h 02 | 11h 49 | 13h 48 | 15h 30 | 16h 29 | 16h 05 | 14h 35 | 12h 41 | 10h 47 | 8h 59 | 7h 59 |
| Month score | 16 | 24 | 22 | 55 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 46 | 20 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Chemnitz in every month
January16
3° / -2°
59 mm · 14.7 wet days
February24
4° / -2°
51 mm · 10.6 wet days
March22
8° / 1°
64 mm · 11.8 wet days
April55
14° / 4°
55 mm · 8.7 wet days
May64
19° / 8°
68 mm · 13.2 wet days
June64
22° / 12°
74 mm · 13.2 wet days
July64
24° / 14°
95 mm · 14.7 wet days
August67
24° / 13°
93 mm · 12.8 wet days
September70
19° / 10°
66 mm · 10.8 wet days
October46
14° / 6°
53 mm · 10.4 wet days
November20
8° / 2°
69 mm · 11.5 wet days
December15
4° / -1°
68 mm · 13.9 wet days