Weather in Saxony

Calculated from weather data of Leipzig/Halle Airport (EDDP) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.4	4.4	6.0	5.2	2.7	6.7
February	7.0	10.3	6.5	8.5	5.0	8.9
March	10.2	12.3	10.0	10.8	9.4	10.1
April	14.2		11.9	12.9	11.0	16.8
May	19.0		19.0	21.1	16.1	17.5
June	25.2		25.3	26.1	25.6	24.0
July	25.4		26.1	25.8	24.6	24.8
August	25.5		24.3	26.8	22.0	27.1
September	20.8		24.3	19.0	20.6	22.0
October	15.8		16.5	18.0	14.9	14.5
November	8.7		8.5	9.5	7.9	9.6
December	5.6		6.7	-1.9	4.9	6.2
Average	14.4	8.9	15.5	15.8	13.7	15.7

22nd highest temperature of Germany

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-1.6	-2	2	1	-1	1
February	0.2	4	0	2	-2	3
March	1.6	3	3	0	2	1
April	3.9		4	3	2	4
May	8.2		8	10	8	6
June	13.7		13	13	15	13
July	14.4		15	14	15	13
August	14.9		15	16	13	16
September	10.9		13	10	12	11
October	8.1		9	9	7	8
November	3.1		4	3	3	4
December	0.9		2	-4	0	1
Average	6.0	1.8	7.2	6.7	6.0	6.7

31st lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	8	15	4	12
25 °C or warmer	0	65	56	38	51
20 °C or warmer	1	121	117	101	118
0 °C or colder	19	50	51	63	33

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.4	10	19	24	36	12
February	13.3	11	13	15	22	18
March	16.0	12	24	3	15	15
April	10.5		15	13	13	3
May	9.4		4	8	24	13
June	6.4		10	5	7	7
July	8.0		10	8	8	10
August	9.3		14	6	17	10
September	8.3		2	17	6	5
October	13.2		18	8	10	18
November	14.0		24	11	17	6
December	19.2		31	24	18	9
Average	11.6	11.0	14.1	10.4	15.0	10.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.6	23	22	23	16	19
February	21.3	22	21	30	16	28
March	19.4	18	20	15	18	21
April	17.7		17	19	19	16
May	16.4		16	16	20	16
June	14.8		14	15	12	15
July	15.5		19	15	15	16
August	14.7		15	12	16	16
September	14.7		12	16	13	13
October	18.4		19	16	17	19
November	17.2		21	16	17	16
December	19.2		23	14	16	17
Average	17.5	20.5	17.6	16.7	16.1	17.2

2nd highest wind speed of Germany

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	W	SW	SW
February	SW	W	SW	S	SW
March	S	SW	E	W	SW
April		N	NW	NW	N
May		NE	W	SW	NW
June		N	W	NW	W
July		SW	W	W	W
August		SW	N	W	SW
September		S	SW	W	SW
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		SW	S	SW	SW
December		SW	W	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Saxony weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Saxony?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 26 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Saxony?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 4 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Saxony?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 21.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Saxony?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 6.4 %.