Climate averages 1991–2020
Chemnitz weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Chemnitz: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zwickau (33 km away). In April its highs average 13.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Chemnitz, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Chemnitz ranks joint 105th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 100th of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Chemnitz is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chemnitz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 76 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 3.8°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 60 | 12.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 74 | 14.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 57 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 85 | 14.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 96 | 14.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 108 | 14.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 95 | 13.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 76 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 68 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 69 | 12.0 | 9.09 h |
| December | 3.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 77 | 14.3 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Zwickau in AprilGermany · 33 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Gera in AprilGermany · 60 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Dresden in AprilGermany · 62 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Leipzig in AprilGermany · 68 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in AprilCzechia · 80 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Jena in AprilGermany · 95 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in AprilGermany · 98 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Pilsen in AprilCzechia · 125 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chemnitz) is explained once on the Chemnitz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.