Climate averages 1991–2020
Dresden weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Dresden: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ústí nad Labem (48 km away). In February its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Dresden, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Dresden ranks joint 102nd of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 34th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Dresden is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Dresden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 62 | 13.7 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 4.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 50 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 86 | 13.1 | 16.516 h |
| July | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 95 | 13.1 | 16.116 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 90 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 58 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| December | 4.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 62 | 12.8 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ústí nad Labem in FebruaryCzechia · 48 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Chemnitz in FebruaryGermany · 62 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Cottbus in FebruaryGermany · 89 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Zwickau in FebruaryGermany · 95 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Liberec in FebruaryCzechia · 98 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Leipzig in FebruaryGermany · 101 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Prague in FebruaryCzechia · 117 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Gera in FebruaryGermany · 118 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 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 Dresden) is explained once on the Dresden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.