Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Leipzig: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In April its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 54th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Leipzig is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 61 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
Leipzig 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-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 48 | 11.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | 5.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 37 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 49 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 38 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 10.8 | 15.616 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 59 | 11.0 | 16.517 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 | 11.9 | 16.116 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 62 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 56 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 48 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 52 | 10.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 4.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 51 | 12.4 | 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
- Halle (Saale) in AprilGermany · 31 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Gera in AprilGermany · 55 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chemnitz in AprilGermany · 68 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Zwickau in AprilGermany · 69 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Jena in AprilGermany · 71 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Dresden in AprilGermany · 101 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Erfurt in AprilGermany · 101 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Magdeburg in AprilGermany · 102 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.6°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 Leipzig) is explained once on the Leipzig year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.