Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig weather
in July.
A warm, moderately 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 Leipzig: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In July its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 21st of 120 for the warmest July highs and joint 24th of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Leipzig is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 62 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Halle (Saale) in JulyGermany · 31 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Gera in JulyGermany · 55 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Chemnitz in JulyGermany · 68 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Zwickau in JulyGermany · 69 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Jena in JulyGermany · 71 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Dresden in JulyGermany · 101 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Erfurt in JulyGermany · 101 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Magdeburg in JulyGermany · 102 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 75 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.