Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dessau
Dessau climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation578 mm132 wet days a year
51.84° N, 12.25° EElevation 63 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goDessau · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dessau 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 4° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 578 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (61 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (36 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 55% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Dessau is 0.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 40 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 | 4° | 6° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 34 mm | 46 mm | 36 mm | 56 mm | 56 mm | 61 mm | 57 mm | 51 mm | 37 mm | 48 mm | 52 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.2 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 8 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 50% | 48% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 53% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 17 | 9h 58 | 11h 48 | 13h 52 | 15h 38 | 16h 40 | 16h 15 | 14h 41 | 12h 42 | 10h 44 | 8h 52 | 7h 49 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 51 | 23 | 17 |
ivMonth by month
Dessau in every month
January18
4° / -1°
44 mm · 13.2 wet days
February27
6° / -1°
34 mm · 9.8 wet days
March25
10° / 1°
46 mm · 10.8 wet days
April64
16° / 4°
36 mm · 8 wet days
May72
20° / 9°
56 mm · 10.3 wet days
June70
23° / 12°
56 mm · 11.3 wet days
July63
26° / 14°
61 mm · 13.4 wet days
August69
25° / 14°
57 mm · 11.7 wet days
September73
20° / 10°
51 mm · 9.3 wet days
October51
15° / 6°
37 mm · 10.2 wet days
November23
8° / 3°
48 mm · 10.8 wet days
December17
5° / 0°
52 mm · 12.9 wet days