Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Leipzig: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In December its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 84th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Leipzig is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Halle (Saale) in DecemberGermany · 31 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Gera in DecemberGermany · 55 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Chemnitz in DecemberGermany · 68 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Zwickau in DecemberGermany · 69 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Jena in DecemberGermany · 71 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Dresden in DecemberGermany · 101 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Erfurt in DecemberGermany · 101 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Magdeburg in DecemberGermany · 102 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 50 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.