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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Potsdam
Potsdam climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation579 mm129 wet days a year
52.40° N, 13.07° EElevation 34 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goPotsdam · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Potsdam 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 15°. 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 579 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (58 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (32 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 58% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Potsdam is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 43 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° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 38 mm | 45 mm | 32 mm | 55 mm | 60 mm | 58 mm | 61 mm | 47 mm | 40 mm | 45 mm | 52 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.6 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 11.9 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 52% | 49% | 39% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 54% | 58% |
| Daylight | 8h 12 | 9h 55 | 11h 48 | 13h 54 | 15h 43 | 16h 47 | 16h 21 | 14h 44 | 12h 43 | 10h 42 | 8h 48 | 7h 43 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 65 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 74 | 49 | 23 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Potsdam in every month
January18
4° / -2°
46 mm · 12.6 wet days
February27
5° / -1°
38 mm · 9.2 wet days
March25
9° / 1°
45 mm · 10.6 wet days
April65
16° / 5°
32 mm · 7.6 wet days
May73
20° / 9°
55 mm · 10.2 wet days
June69
23° / 12°
60 mm · 11.8 wet days
July65
25° / 15°
58 mm · 13.3 wet days
August70
25° / 14°
61 mm · 11.8 wet days
September74
20° / 11°
47 mm · 8.9 wet days
October49
14° / 6°
40 mm · 10.5 wet days
November23
8° / 3°
45 mm · 10.4 wet days
December18
4° / 0°
52 mm · 11.9 wet days