Climate averages 1991–2020
Magdeburg weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Magdeburg: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wolfsburg (67 km away). In April its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Magdeburg, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Magdeburg ranks joint 46th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Magdeburg is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Magdeburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 50 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 38 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 57 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 75 | 12.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 11.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 55 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 48 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 10.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 50 | 11.9 | 7.88 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
April in nearby cities
- Wolfsburg in AprilGermany · 67 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in AprilGermany · 76 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Braunschweig in AprilGermany · 77 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Salzgitter in AprilGermany · 83 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Leipzig in AprilGermany · 102 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Potsdam in AprilGermany · 102 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Hildesheim in AprilGermany · 115 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Celle in AprilGermany · 119 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 44 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 Magdeburg) is explained once on the Magdeburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.