Gent Weather in August
Gent in August
The short of it: Gent in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 33 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 15° · rain 76 mm · daylight 14 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
August in Gent brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 15°, with about 76 mm of rain over the month. The height of summer in Gent, with afternoons near 24°. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 33 min in mid-August, 94 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, Gent runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Lokeren, 20 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Gent, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LokerenFlanders | 20 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 76 mm |
| AalstFlanders | 26 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 76 mm |
| DendermondeFlanders | 27 km E | 24° | 14° | 76 mm |
| WaregemFlanders | 27 km SW | 24° | 14° | 75 mm |
| Sint-NiklaasFlanders | 32 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 80 mm |
| NinoveFlanders | 33 km SE | 24° | 13° | 76 mm |
| BruggeFlanders | 39 km WNW | 23° | 14° | 87 mm |
| KortrijkFlanders | 40 km SW | 24° | 14° | 73 mm |