Climate averages 1991–2020
Halle (Saale) weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Halle (Saale): daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leipzig (31 km away). In February its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Halle (Saale), with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Halle (Saale) ranks joint 79th of 120 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Halle (Saale) is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 42 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
Halle (Saale) climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 42 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | 5.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 32 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 42 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 34 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 15.616 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 16.517 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 66 | 11.1 | 16.116 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 10.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 50 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 10.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 11.7 | 7.98 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
- Leipzig in FebruaryGermany · 31 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Jena in FebruaryGermany · 67 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gera in FebruaryGermany · 67 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Magdeburg in FebruaryGermany · 76 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Erfurt in FebruaryGermany · 86 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Zwickau in FebruaryGermany · 91 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Chemnitz in FebruaryGermany · 98 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Potsdam in FebruaryGermany · 126 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 36 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 Halle (Saale)) is explained once on the Halle (Saale) year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.