Heidelberg Weather in August
Heidelberg in August
The short of it: Heidelberg in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 56 mm · daylight 14 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
August in Heidelberg brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 15°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 24 min in mid-August, 87 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Heidelberg runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Leimen, 7 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Heidelberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 27 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeimenBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km S | 26° | 15° | 55 mm |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km S | 26° | 15° | 55 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km N | 25° | 14° | 58 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 17 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 48 mm |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 19 km WNW | 26° | 15° | 48 mm |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WNW | 26° | 15° | 47 mm |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz | 21 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 47 mm |
| SinsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km SE | 25° | 13° | 58 mm |