Climate averages 1991–2020
Chemnitz weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Chemnitz: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zwickau (33 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Chemnitz, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Chemnitz ranks 119th of 120 for the warmest January highs and joint 83rd of 120 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 120 cities is 4.2°C; Chemnitz is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 3.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zwickau in JanuaryGermany · 33 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Gera in JanuaryGermany · 60 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Dresden in JanuaryGermany · 62 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Leipzig in JanuaryGermany · 68 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in JanuaryCzechia · 80 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Jena in JanuaryGermany · 95 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in JanuaryGermany · 98 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Pilsen in JanuaryCzechia · 125 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 38 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.