Climate averages 1991–2020
Potsdam weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Potsdam: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berlin (27 km away). In February its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Potsdam, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Potsdam ranks joint 98th of 120 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Potsdam is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 46 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
Potsdam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 49 | 11.8 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 4.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 46 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 35 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 57 | 10.5 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 77 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 46 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 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
- Berlin in FebruaryGermany · 27 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Magdeburg in FebruaryGermany · 102 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Cottbus in FebruaryGermany · 112 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in FebruaryGermany · 126 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Leipzig in FebruaryGermany · 127 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in FebruaryPoland · 151 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Szczecin in FebruaryPoland · 152 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in FebruaryGermany · 155 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 42 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 Potsdam) is explained once on the Potsdam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.