Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Leipzig: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In March its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 74th of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Leipzig is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Halle (Saale) in MarchGermany · 31 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Gera in MarchGermany · 55 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Chemnitz in MarchGermany · 68 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Zwickau in MarchGermany · 69 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Jena in MarchGermany · 71 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Dresden in MarchGermany · 101 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Erfurt in MarchGermany · 101 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Magdeburg in MarchGermany · 102 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 48 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.