Pont-à-Celles in Summer

In summer (June, July and August), Pont-à-Celles sees average daytime highs around 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 206 mm of rain over about 35 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the 2nd-wettest season.

Across summer, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 22°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time across summer, and the air most often feels dry.

Summer is Pont-à-Celles's best season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Pont-à-Celles's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high
22°C
warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low
13°C
Rainfall
206 mm
35 wet days
Avg wind
12 km/h
Travel score
6.2
best season of the year
Months
Jun · Jul · Aug

Temperature in Pont-à-Celles in Summer

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across summer, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 22°C.

A typical summer day in Pont-à-Celles reaches about 22°C and drops to 13°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is July, the coolest June.

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How summer really feels in Pont-à-Celles

Once humidity and wind are folded in, summer brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

summer sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pont-à-Celles weather by month

How the three summer months (June, July and August) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6712.81.48.30.2
Feb / 6111.72.49.70.6
Mar10° / 5912.10.911.52.2
Apr14° / 5111.7013.53.8
May17° / 6512.8015.25.1
Jun20° / 12°6511.8016.15.9
Jul22° / 14°6911.9015.86.4
Aug22° / 14°7211.6014.36.4
Sep19° / 11°5410.5012.45.8
Oct14° / 6011.6010.44.0
Nov / 6511.80.58.71.8
Dec / 7913.31.77.90.5

Cloud cover in Summer

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time across summer.

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Chance of precipitation in Summer

Any precipitation

Pont-à-Celles gets around 206 mm of rain over 35 wet days across summer. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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Humidity in Summer

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of summer feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

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Wind in Summer

Winds average 12 km/h across summer.

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Sunrise & sunset in Summer

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 min in early June to 13 h 24 min by late August. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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Solar energy in Summer

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across summer, about 5.0 kWh/m².

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Planning a trip in summer

Is summer a good time to visit Pont-à-Celles?

Our two travel scores rate summer for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

6.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

summer is a reasonable time to visit Pont-à-Celles for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pont-à-Celles in Summer

From summer's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In summer, Pont-à-Celles sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 35 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pont-à-Celles in Summer

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Clear-sky midday UV across summer averages around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pont-à-Celles peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pont-à-Celles in Summer

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where summer falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pont-à-Celles is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1217 µg/m³Dec 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pont-à-Celles?

Pont-à-Celles sits at 50.5°N, 4.4°E, 137 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Courcelles, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Pont-à-Celles

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Pont-à-Celles.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pont-à-Celles has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 629 m.

The land around Pont-à-Celles is covered by cropland (55%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), cropland (33%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
189 m
80 km
629 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Summer weather nearby: Courcelles 5.0 km · Jumet 9.0 km · Manage 9.0 km · Morlanwelz-Mariemont 10 km · Nivelles 11 km · Marchienne-au-Pont 11 km · Charleroi 12 km · Gilly 12 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Pont-à-Celles (50.5052°, 4.3689°, elevation 137 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google.