Potsdam
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About
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some 25 kilometres southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.
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The next week in Potsdam
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
15° / 3°
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
14° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
17° / 6°
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
19° / 9°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
20° / 10°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
23° / 9°
UV Moderate
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 0°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.7h
05:13 – 20:54local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Potsdam
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) at 30 km.
Getting around Potsdam
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-euFlixTrain-euMitteldeutsche RegiobahnMainschleifenbahnZVON Oberlausitz-NiederschlesienErfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AGAhead Baden-Württemberg GmbHSNCBFlixBusDSBRegiobus Potsdam Mittelmark GmbHS-Bahn Berlin GmbHDB Regio AGGünter Anger Güterverkehrs GmbH & Co. Omnibusvermietung KGVerkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbHVerkehrsgesellschaft Teltow-Fläming mbHODEG Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbHBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Sister cities
Sources
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- 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 →
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