Climate guideThirty-year normals for Riesa
Riesa climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation614 mm133 wet days a year
51.31° N, 13.29° EElevation 111 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goRiesa · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Riesa 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 614 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (75 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (40 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 54% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Riesa 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 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° | 6° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 5° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 45 mm | 35 mm | 47 mm | 40 mm | 55 mm | 53 mm | 75 mm | 72 mm | 49 mm | 40 mm | 51 mm | 52 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% | 48% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 37% | 35% | 41% | 44% | 53% | 54% |
| Daylight | 8h 22 | 10h 00 | 11h 49 | 13h 50 | 15h 34 | 16h 34 | 16h 10 | 14h 38 | 12h 42 | 10h 46 | 8h 56 | 7h 54 |
| Month score | 18 | 27 | 25 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 53 | 24 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Riesa in every month
January18
4° / -2°
45 mm · 13.3 wet days
February27
6° / -1°
35 mm · 9.7 wet days
March25
10° / 1°
47 mm · 10.8 wet days
April65
16° / 4°
40 mm · 7.8 wet days
May69
20° / 8°
55 mm · 11.4 wet days
June69
23° / 12°
53 mm · 11.7 wet days
July63
26° / 14°
75 mm · 13.4 wet days
August68
25° / 14°
72 mm · 12.1 wet days
September73
20° / 10°
49 mm · 9.5 wet days
October53
15° / 6°
40 mm · 10.1 wet days
November24
9° / 2°
51 mm · 10.2 wet days
December18
5° / 0°
52 mm · 12.6 wet days