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About
Dresden is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area, and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has over 1.3 million inhabitants.
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The next week in Dresden
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
16° / 7°
2.1 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
15° / 7°
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
17° / 4°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
19° / 9°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
20° / 10°
0.9 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
22° / 10°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
29° / -2°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.5h
05:16 – 20:46local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Dresden
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Dresden Airport (DRS) at 10 km.
Getting around Dresden
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBBFlixBus-euDB Regio AG NordostvlexxErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGBayerische RegiobahnDB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-BodenseeFlixBusDSBDB Regio AGDB AGSDG Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbHMitteldeutsche Regiobahntrilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLBNEB Niederbarnimer EisenbahnNeckar-DonauTouristische Bahnen (diverse)BSAG Bremer Straßenbahn AGRegionalverkehr SpreewaldStädtische Nahverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Suhl/Zella-Mehlis
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.