This type of climate features moderate summer temperatures but sometimes hot and cold winters but not rigorous most of the time.

Due to its transitional climate zones, frosts are common in winter, and there are larger temperature differences between seasons than typical for many oceanic climates. Furthermore, Berlin is classified as a temperate continental climate (Dc) under the Trewartha climate scheme, as well as the suburbs of New York City, although the Köppen system puts them in different types.

Summers are warm and sometimes humid with average high temperatures of 22–25 °C and lows of 12–14 °C. Winters are cool with average high temperatures of 3 °C and lows of −2 to 0 °C. Spring and autumn are generally chilly to mild. Berlin’s built-up area creates a microclimate, with heat stored by the city’s buildings and pavement. Temperatures can be 4 °C higher in the city than in the surrounding areas.

Annual precipitation is 570 millimeters with moderate rainfall throughout the year. Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg are the warmest and driest regions in Germany.

Snowfall mainly occurs from December through March. The hottest month in Berlin was July 1834, with a mean temperature of 23.0 °C and the coldest was January 1709, with a mean temperature of −13.2 °C.