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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dresden
Dresden climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation704 mm133 wet days a year
51.05° N, 13.74° EElevation 116 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goDresden · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dresden 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 -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 704 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (84 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (45 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 53% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Dresden is 0.6° 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 31 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 57 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° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 5° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 50 mm | 42 mm | 51 mm | 45 mm | 65 mm | 64 mm | 84 mm | 88 mm | 53 mm | 44 mm | 59 mm | 59 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.3 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 12.6 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 50% | 47% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 37% | 35% | 41% | 44% | 52% | 53% |
| Daylight | 8h 24 | 10h 01 | 11h 49 | 13h 49 | 15h 32 | 16h 31 | 16h 07 | 14h 37 | 12h 41 | 10h 46 | 8h 57 | 7h 57 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 53 | 25 | 19 |
ivMonth by month
Dresden in every month
January18
4° / -2°
50 mm · 13.3 wet days
February27
6° / -1°
42 mm · 9.7 wet days
March25
10° / 1°
51 mm · 10.8 wet days
April66
16° / 5°
45 mm · 7.8 wet days
May69
20° / 9°
65 mm · 11.4 wet days
June69
24° / 12°
64 mm · 11.7 wet days
July62
26° / 14°
84 mm · 13.4 wet days
August68
25° / 14°
88 mm · 12.1 wet days
September73
20° / 10°
53 mm · 9.5 wet days
October53
15° / 6°
44 mm · 10.1 wet days
November25
9° / 3°
59 mm · 10.2 wet days
December19
5° / 0°
59 mm · 12.6 wet days