Dortmund Weather in August
Dortmund in August
The short of it: Dortmund in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 100 mm · daylight 14 h 35 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Dortmund an average August high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 100 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 100 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 35 min in mid-August, 96 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Dortmund runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Witten, 11 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Dortmund, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SW | 23° | 13° | 101 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km WNW | 24° | 13° | 95 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNE | 24° | 13° | 95 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km E | 23° | 12° | 102 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km W | 24° | 13° | 96 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km S | 23° | 13° | 102 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 98 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km WNW | 24° | 13° | 92 mm |