Leipzig Weather in April
Leipzig in April
The short of it: Leipzig in April averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 28 mm · daylight 13 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Leipzig an average April high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 28 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from March to about 15°, with nights near 5°. It is the driest month of the year, only 28 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 47 min in mid-April, 124 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Leipzig runs warmer than most and wetter than most in April. Gohlis, 3 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
April in Leipzig, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 6° warmer, 11 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GohlisSaxony | 3 km N | 15° | 5° | 28 mm |
| MarkkleebergSaxony | 7 km S | 15° | 5° | 26 mm |
| TauchaSaxony | 9 km ENE | 15° | 5° | 27 mm |
| MarkranstädtSaxony | 11 km WSW | 15° | 5° | 27 mm |
| SchkeuditzSaxony | 12 km WNW | 15° | 5° | 29 mm |
| DelitzschSaxony | 21 km N | 15° | 5° | 28 mm |
| EilenburgSaxony | 23 km NE | 16° | 5° | 25 mm |
| BornaSaxony | 25 km SSE | 16° | 5° | 24 mm |