Aachen Weather in August
Aachen in August
The short of it: Aachen in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 14° · rain 80 mm · daylight 14 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Aachen an average August high of 23°, a low of 14° and some 80 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 31 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 May and August.
Against its neighbours, Aachen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Kerkrade, 10 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Aachen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 10 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KerkradeLimburg | 10 km N | 23° | 14° | 75 mm |
| StolbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km E | 23° | 13° | 82 mm |
| HerzogenrathNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 23° | 14° | 74 mm |
| AlsdorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNE | 24° | 14° | 73 mm |
| HeerlenLimburg | 14 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 74 mm |
| EschweilerNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 78 mm |
| VerviersWallonia | 26 km SW | 23° | 13° | 93 mm |
| MaastrichtLimburg | 29 km WNW | 25° | 14° | 80 mm |