Thun Weather in August
Thun in August
The short of it: Thun in August averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 11 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 25° · low 13° · rain 112 mm · daylight 14 h 11 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Thun an average August high of 25°, a low of 13° and some 112 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 112 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 11 min in mid-August, 78 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, Thun runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Steffisburg, 3 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Thun, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h