Mortsel Weather in August
Mortsel in August
The short of it: Mortsel in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 79 mm · daylight 14 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Mortsel an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 79 mm of rain. The height of summer in Mortsel, with afternoons near 24°. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 2nd 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Mortsel runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Berchem, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Mortsel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BerchemFlanders | 3 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| WilrijkFlanders | 4 km W | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| BorgerhoutFlanders | 5 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| DeurneFlanders | 6 km N | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| AntwerpFlanders | 7 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| MerksemFlanders | 9 km N | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| BrasschaatFlanders | 14 km NNE | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| BeverenFlanders | 14 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 77 mm |