Climate averages 1991–2020
Potsdam weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Potsdam: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berlin (27 km away). In July its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Potsdam, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Potsdam ranks joint 31st of 120 for the warmest July highs and joint 41st of 120 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 120 cities is 23.0°C; Potsdam is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Berlin in JulyGermany · 27 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Magdeburg in JulyGermany · 102 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Cottbus in JulyGermany · 112 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in JulyGermany · 126 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Leipzig in JulyGermany · 127 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in JulyPoland · 151 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Szczecin in JulyPoland · 152 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in JulyGermany · 155 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 74 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.