Meissen Weather in August
Meissen in August
The short of it: Meissen in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 14° · rain 72 mm · daylight 14 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Meissen an average August high of 25°, a low of 14° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 33 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Meissen runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Coswig, 8 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Meissen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 16 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h