Region · Germany
Where to stay in Saxony
This guide covers 6 destinations in Saxony, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 276 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz. Across its destinations, June, August and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Dresden Airport (DRS).
- Destinations in this guide
- 6
- Places to stay
- 276
- Comfortable in the most places
- June, August and September
- Main airport
- DRSDresden Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Destinations
Destinations in Saxony
Every destination in this guide in Saxony, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Saxony
1 place to stay in Saxony with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Dresden Altstadt hotel | Dresden | 162 | 88/100 6,377 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Saxony
257 hotels in Saxony recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Saxony
From the climate of 6 destinations in Saxony with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June, August and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 6 | 2 °C | 49 mm |
| February | 0 of 6 | 4 °C | 37 mm |
| March | 0 of 6 | 8 °C | 44 mm |
| April | 0 of 6 | 15 °C | 37 mm |
| May | 5 of 6 | 19 °C | 56 mm |
| June | 6 of 6 | 22 °C | 67 mm |
| July | 1 of 6 | 24 °C | 89 mm |
| August | 6 of 6 | 24 °C | 65 mm |
| September | 6 of 6 | 19 °C | 54 mm |
| October | 0 of 6 | 13 °C | 53 mm |
| November | 0 of 6 | 7 °C | 47 mm |
| December | 0 of 6 | 3 °C | 53 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Saxony
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Saxony name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
DRS · Dresden Airport
KLV · Karlovy Vary Airport
LEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
PRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague
IEG · Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Saxony, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Germany
Regional holidays observed in Saxony
Nearby
Regions near Saxony
Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.