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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Leipzig
Leipzig climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation600 mm134 wet days a year
51.34° N, 12.37° EElevation 116 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goLeipzig · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Leipzig has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° 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 600 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (75 mm, 14 wet days) and April the driest (42 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 54% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Leipzig is 0.2° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 54 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° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 40 mm | 34 mm | 46 mm | 42 mm | 53 mm | 58 mm | 75 mm | 64 mm | 52 mm | 36 mm | 51 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.2 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 8 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 12.9 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 50% | 47% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 35% | 40% | 45% | 53% | 54% |
| Daylight | 8h 22 | 10h 00 | 11h 49 | 13h 50 | 15h 34 | 16h 34 | 16h 10 | 14h 38 | 12h 42 | 10h 45 | 8h 55 | 7h 54 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 51 | 23 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Leipzig in every month
January18
4° / -1°
40 mm · 13.2 wet days
February27
5° / -1°
34 mm · 9.7 wet days
March25
10° / 1°
46 mm · 10.9 wet days
April62
15° / 5°
42 mm · 8 wet days
May69
20° / 9°
53 mm · 11.2 wet days
June69
23° / 12°
58 mm · 11.5 wet days
July63
25° / 14°
75 mm · 13.9 wet days
August70
25° / 14°
64 mm · 11.8 wet days
September74
20° / 10°
52 mm · 9.4 wet days
October51
15° / 6°
36 mm · 10.2 wet days
November23
8° / 3°
51 mm · 10.9 wet days
December18
5° / 0°
49 mm · 12.9 wet days