Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cottbus
Cottbus climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation608 mm131 wet days a year
51.76° N, 14.33° EElevation 80 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goCottbus · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cottbus has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° 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 19°.
About 608 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (74 mm, 14 wet days) and April the driest (38 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 56% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Cottbus is 0.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 49 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° | 5° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 45 mm | 38 mm | 47 mm | 38 mm | 58 mm | 54 mm | 74 mm | 69 mm | 46 mm | 38 mm | 49 mm | 52 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.1 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 11.8 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 52% | 48% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 35% | 40% | 44% | 54% | 56% |
| Daylight | 8h 18 | 9h 58 | 11h 48 | 13h 51 | 15h 38 | 16h 39 | 16h 14 | 14h 41 | 12h 42 | 10h 44 | 8h 52 | 7h 49 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 51 | 24 | 19 |
ivMonth by month
Cottbus in every month
January18
3° / -2°
45 mm · 13.1 wet days
February27
5° / -2°
38 mm · 9.3 wet days
March25
9° / 0°
47 mm · 10.8 wet days
April66
16° / 4°
38 mm · 7.9 wet days
May71
20° / 8°
58 mm · 11.1 wet days
June70
24° / 12°
54 mm · 11.3 wet days
July62
26° / 14°
74 mm · 13.8 wet days
August69
25° / 13°
69 mm · 11.7 wet days
September74
20° / 9°
46 mm · 9.3 wet days
October51
14° / 6°
38 mm · 10.3 wet days
November24
8° / 2°
49 mm · 10.3 wet days
December19
5° / -1°
52 mm · 11.8 wet days