Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig 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 Leipzig: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In February its highs average 5.1°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 73rd of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Leipzig is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 49 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Halle (Saale) in FebruaryGermany · 31 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Gera in FebruaryGermany · 55 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Chemnitz in FebruaryGermany · 68 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Zwickau in FebruaryGermany · 69 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Jena in FebruaryGermany · 71 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Dresden in FebruaryGermany · 101 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Erfurt in FebruaryGermany · 101 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Magdeburg in FebruaryGermany · 102 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.7°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.