Genk Weather in August
Genk in August
The short of it: Genk in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 84 mm · daylight 14 h 32 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Genk an average August high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 84 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 84 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 32 min in mid-August, 93 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Genk runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Hasselt, 12 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Genk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HasseltFlanders | 12 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 87 mm |
| MaasmechelenFlanders | 14 km E | 24° | 13° | 76 mm |
| MaastrichtLimburg | 18 km SE | 25° | 14° | 80 mm |
| BeringenFlanders | 21 km WNW | 25° | 14° | 85 mm |
| SittardLimburg | 26 km E | 24° | 13° | 74 mm |
| Sint-TruidenFlanders | 28 km SW | 25° | 14° | 90 mm |
| HerstalWallonia | 35 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 93 mm |
| HeerlenLimburg | 35 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 74 mm |