Göttingen Weather in August
Göttingen in August
The short of it: Göttingen in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 58 mm · daylight 14 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
August in Göttingen brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 12°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 3rd 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. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Göttingen runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Northeim, 20 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Göttingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 12 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NortheimLower Saxony | 20 km NNE | 24° | 12° | 63 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 22 km SSW | 23° | 12° | 62 mm |
| Heilbad HeiligenstadtThuringia | 22 km SE | 23° | 12° | 69 mm |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony | 23 km E | 24° | 12° | 64 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 24 km SW | 23° | 12° | 65 mm |
| UslarLower Saxony | 25 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 71 mm |
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 32 km N | 24° | 12° | 69 mm |
| VellmarHesse | 37 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 61 mm |