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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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Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Dresden Airport (DRS) at 10 km.
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
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Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
Public domain, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.
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Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Upcoming public holidays in Germany. On these dates, expect banks, post offices, and government services to close. Many shops and museums close or run shortened hours; transit typically still runs.
Sundays: Most shops closed on Sundays. Supermarkets close too, with rare exceptions for outlets in train stations, airports, and a small number of tourist zones.
Public holidays sourced from date.nager.at.