Climate averages 1991–2020
Magdeburg weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Magdeburg: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wolfsburg (67 km away). In February its highs average 5.1°C, about as warm as Magdeburg, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Magdeburg ranks joint 73rd of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Magdeburg is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 48 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Wolfsburg in FebruaryGermany · 67 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in FebruaryGermany · 76 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Braunschweig in FebruaryGermany · 77 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Salzgitter in FebruaryGermany · 83 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Leipzig in FebruaryGermany · 102 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Potsdam in FebruaryGermany · 102 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Hildesheim in FebruaryGermany · 115 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Celle in FebruaryGermany · 119 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 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.