Halle (Saale) climate

Name: Halle (Saale)
Address: DE

Halle (Saale) is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.2 °C. July is the wettest month (65 mm) and February the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Halle (Saale) averages 562 mm of rain, 35 days above 25 °C and 70 days below freezing.

Germany · population 237,865 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 24 °C
Coldest month January -1.2 °C
Driest month February 32 mm
Wettest month July 65 mm
Least cloud August 59 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record January -22 °C

What to expectHalle (Saale) through the year

Halle (Saale) has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.6 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 35 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 70 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 32 mm in February to 65 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.6 °C	42 mm	74 %
February	5.1 °C	32 mm	71 %
March	8.9 °C	43 mm	69 %
April	14.1 °C	35 mm	60 %
May	18.4 °C	55 mm	62 %
June	21.7 °C	48 mm	61 %
July	23.9 °C	65 mm	59 %
August	23.8 °C	56 mm	59 %
September	19.2 °C	51 mm	62 %
October	13.8 °C	42 mm	68 %
November	8.0 °C	46 mm	75 %
December	4.4 °C	46 mm	76 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.6 °C	-1.2 °C	1.2 °C	15.5 °C	-21.7 °C	0	0	17
February	5.1 °C	-0.9 °C	2.0 °C	15.9 °C	-17.5 °C	0	0	16
March	8.9 °C	1.1 °C	4.9 °C	22.7 °C	-12.8 °C	0	0	12
April	14.1 °C	4.6 °C	9.5 °C	26.8 °C	-7.1 °C	0	0	3
May	18.4 °C	9.2 °C	14.0 °C	30.8 °C	1.1 °C	3	0	0
June	21.7 °C	12.7 °C	17.4 °C	37.5 °C	4.4 °C	7	1	0
July	23.9 °C	15.0 °C	19.6 °C	36.1 °C	8.6 °C	12	3	0
August	23.8 °C	14.9 °C	19.4 °C	35.5 °C	7.5 °C	11	2	0
September	19.2 °C	11.2 °C	15.1 °C	30.7 °C	3.8 °C	3	0	0
October	13.8 °C	7.2 °C	10.4 °C	25.6 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	1
November	8.0 °C	3.1 °C	5.4 °C	20.6 °C	-10.5 °C	0	0	6
December	4.4 °C	0.0 °C	2.2 °C	15.2 °C	-20.8 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	10	8.4 h/day	74 %	82 %	19 km/h
February	32 mm	9	10.0 h/day	71 %	78 %	18 km/h
March	43 mm	10	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	18 km/h
April	35 mm	8	14 h/day	60 %	70 %	16 km/h
May	55 mm	10	16 h/day	62 %	68 %	16 km/h
June	48 mm	10	17 h/day	61 %	68 %	15 km/h
July	65 mm	11	16 h/day	59 %	66 %	15 km/h
August	56 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	67 %	15 km/h
September	51 mm	9	13 h/day	62 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	42 mm	9	11 h/day	68 %	79 %	17 km/h
November	46 mm	10	8.9 h/day	75 %	84 %	17 km/h
December	46 mm	11	7.9 h/day	76 %	84 %	18 km/h

How Halle (Saale) compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Halle (Saale)	24 °C	-1.2 °C	562 mm	35
Leipzig · Germany	24 °C	-1.4 °C	639 mm	37
Magdeburg · Germany	24 °C	-1.0 °C	620 mm	34
Erfurt · Germany	23 °C	-1.8 °C	625 mm	29
Chemnitz · Germany	22 °C	-2.4 °C	937 mm	25

Where Halle (Saale) ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	24th of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	28th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	42nd of 50	90/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Halle (Saale)’s climate

When is the best time to visit Halle (Saale)?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Halle (Saale) get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 70 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Halle (Saale)?

July, averaging 65 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 562 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Halle (Saale) rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 51.482°, 11.979° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.