Climate averages 1991–2020
Leipzig weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Leipzig: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Halle (Saale) (31 km away). In September its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Leipzig, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Leipzig ranks joint 21st of 120 for the warmest September highs and joint 24th of 120 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 120 cities is 18.8°C; Leipzig is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Halle (Saale) in SeptemberGermany · 31 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Gera in SeptemberGermany · 55 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Chemnitz in SeptemberGermany · 68 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Zwickau in SeptemberGermany · 69 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Jena in SeptemberGermany · 71 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Dresden in SeptemberGermany · 101 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Erfurt in SeptemberGermany · 101 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Magdeburg in SeptemberGermany · 102 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 55 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.