Solothurn Weather in August
Solothurn in August
The short of it: Solothurn in August averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 102 mm · daylight 14 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Solothurn an average August high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 102 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 13 min in mid-August, 80 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Solothurn runs about middling and drier than most in August. Grenchen, 11 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Solothurn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrenchenSolothurn | 11 km W | 24° | 13° | 97 mm |
| BurgdorfBern | 18 km SSE | 24° | 13° | 118 mm |
| Biel/BienneBern | 23 km WSW | 23° | 13° | 104 mm |
| BernBern | 30 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 111 mm |
| OltenSolothurn | 32 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 110 mm |
| ReinachBasel-Landschaft | 32 km N | 25° | 14° | 85 mm |
| KönizBern | 33 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 110 mm |
| MuttenzBasel-Landschaft | 36 km NNE | 25° | 14° | 87 mm |