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Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

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Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

Located in Saxony, Germany Coordinates: 51°21′00″ N 12°23′00″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 611,850; 611.8K
Elevation: 110 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport13 km; DRS Dresden Airport100 km

About Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig is a municipality. Location: Saxony, Germany. Population: 611,850. Elevation: 110 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (13 km). Nearby sights include Elsterbecken and Parthe.

Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 44 mm

Hottest month: August (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -2°)
Wettest month: July (68 mm)
Driest month: February (32 mm)

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	8°	13°	19°	22°	24°	24°	19°	14°	8°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	4°	8°	12°	13°	13°	10°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	35	32	40	37	49	52	68	63	49	38	44	41

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 13 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leipzig, 1 km to the southwest.

Airports

Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 13 kmnorthwest
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 100 kmeast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 108 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Leipzig Population: 505K 1 kmsouthwest
Halle Population: 237.9K 32 kmnorthwest
Gera Population: 104.7K 56 kmsouth
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 69 kmsoutheast
Jena Population: 104.7K 73 kmsouthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig

Within 100 km: 521 historic and cultural sites, 2,057 natural sites, 631 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km186 places

Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 24 kmS
Vogtlandsee Lake 14 kmN
Großsteinberger See Lake 20 kmSE
Elsterbecken Lake 3 kmW

25–60 km707 places

Sprotte River 46 kmS
Rabeninsel Island 33 kmW
Süßer See Lake 52 kmW
Schönitzer See Lake 54 kmN

60–100 km2,316 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 87 kmSW
Roda River 76 kmSW
Roda River 77 kmSW
Ehle River 86 kmNW

Straight-line distances.