Basel Weather in August
Basel in August
The short of it: Basel in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 14° · rain 74 mm · daylight 14 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Basel an average August high of 26°, a low of 14° and some 74 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 15 min in mid-August, 81 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 September and April.
Against its neighbours, Basel runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Allschwil, 3 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Basel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllschwilBasel-Landschaft | 3 km WSW | 26° | 14° | 72 mm |
| Saint-LouisGrand Est | 4 km NNW | 26° | 14° | 71 mm |
| Weil am RheinBaden-Wurttemberg | 5 km NE | 26° | 14° | 74 mm |
| RiehenBasel-City | 6 km ENE | 26° | 14° | 81 mm |
| MuttenzBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SE | 25° | 14° | 87 mm |
| ReinachBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 85 mm |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg | 9 km NE | 26° | 14° | 81 mm |
| RheinfeldenBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km E | 25° | 14° | 92 mm |