Ostend Weather in August
Ostend in August
The short of it: Ostend in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 34 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 22° · low 14° · rain 80 mm · daylight 14 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ostend an average August high of 22°, a low of 14° and some 80 mm of rain. The height of summer in Ostend, with afternoons near 22°. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 34 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, Ostend runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Zedelgem, 17 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Ostend, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZedelgemFlanders | 17 km ESE | 23° | 14° | 89 mm |
| BruggeFlanders | 21 km E | 23° | 14° | 87 mm |
| OostkampFlanders | 22 km ESE | 23° | 14° | 86 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 23 km WSW | 22° | 13° | 69 mm |
| AssebroekFlanders | 23 km E | 23° | 14° | 85 mm |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders | 28 km ENE | 22° | 15° | 80 mm |
| RoeselareFlanders | 33 km SSE | 23° | 14° | 72 mm |
| MaldegemFlanders | 36 km E | 23° | 14° | 77 mm |