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About
Leipzig is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 633,592 residents as of 31 December 2025. It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Leipzig is located about 150 km (90 mi) southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain, at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leipzig, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Leipzig
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
14° / 4°
1.3 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
14° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
18° / 7°
UV High
Mon
Showers
19° / 10°
2.0 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Partly cloudy
20° / 9°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
22° / 11°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.5h
05:20 – 20:52local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Leipzig
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) at 13 km.
Getting around Leipzig
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
Erfurter BahnAbellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbHErfurter BahnDonau-Iller-Nahverkehrs-GmbH (UL+BC)Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBBFlixBus-euFlixTrain-euIlztalbahnvlexxZVON Oberlausitz-NiederschlesienRegionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbHErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGDB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-BodenseeSNCBDB Regio AGDB AGDB Regio AG BayernMitteldeutsche RegiobahnErfurter Bahn Express
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- 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, Leipzig.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.