Climate averages 1991–2020
Dresden weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Dresden: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ústí nad Labem (48 km away). In July its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Dresden, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Dresden ranks joint 33rd of 120 for the warmest July highs and 107th of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Dresden is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ústí nad Labem in JulyCzechia · 48 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Chemnitz in JulyGermany · 62 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Cottbus in JulyGermany · 89 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Zwickau in JulyGermany · 95 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Liberec in JulyCzechia · 98 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Leipzig in JulyGermany · 101 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Prague in JulyCzechia · 117 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Gera in JulyGermany · 118 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 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.