Leipzig
City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Leipzig is a city in Germany, in Saxony. About 504,971 people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Germany in our atlas.
It lies at 51.34° N, 12.37° E, about 116 m (381 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Leipzig. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Leipzig has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -3°C (26°F). Around 619 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GermanyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Dresden · 100 km
- Berlin · 150 km
- Hannover · 216 km
- Nuremberg · 228 km
- Frankfurt am Main · 290 km
- Hamburg · 296 km
- Bremen · 313 km
- Dortmund · 341 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2879139 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2079 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Museum der Bildenden Künste: LutzBruno, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Leipzig - Zoo - Gründer-Garten - Eingang 03 ies: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Opernhaus Leipzig Langzeitbelichtung Tag: Ichwarsnur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rainbowflash 2013 Leipzig (4): Rot-Braun Magdeburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grassimuseum: JeanNeef, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Schillerhaus Menckestrasse Leipzig 2009: Appaloosa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Leipzig Augustusplatz: Oliver Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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