Tielt weather in August

In August, Tielt sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 80 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tielt's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tielt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:40 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover
64%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Tielt is city in Tielt municipality, West Flanders, Belgium.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tielt reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Tielt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

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

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

Tielt weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6212.30.98.20.6
Feb / 5410.61.39.60.9
Mar10° / 5511.30.711.52.4
Apr14° / 5411.7013.53.9
May17° / 6712.5015.35.2
Jun20° / 12°6711.3016.25.9
Jul22° / 14°7612.7015.86.2
Aug22° / 14°8012014.36.3
Sep19° / 12°6310.7012.45.8
Oct15° / 6411.9010.44.2
Nov10° / 6512.70.38.72.1
Dec / 7313.11.17.80.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34456
44456
54456
64456
74357
84258
94159
104159
114060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tielt gets around 80 mm of rain over 12 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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236
336
436
537
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737
837
938
1038
1138
1239
1339
1440
1540
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1741
1841
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2638
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3135

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13047212
23047212
33047212
43147202
53147202
63147192
73247192
83247182
93247183
103248183
113248173
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234143142
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264639132
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284937122
295136121
305335111
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 7:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:178:29
215.15:188:27
315.15:208:26
415.05:218:24
515.05:238:22
614.95:248:20
714.95:268:19
814.85:278:17
914.85:298:15
1014.75:308:13
1114.75:328:11
1214.65:348:10
1314.55:358:08
1414.55:378:06
1514.45:388:04
1614.45:408:02
1714.35:418:00
1814.25:437:58
1914.25:457:56
2014.15:467:54
2114.15:487:51
2214.05:497:49
2313.95:517:47
2413.95:537:45
2513.85:547:43
2613.75:567:41
2713.75:577:39
2813.65:597:36
2913.66:017:34
3013.56:027:32
3113.46:047:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.0Bright
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84.9Bright
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204.4Bright
214.3Bright
224.3Bright
234.2Bright
244.2Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.0Bright
284.0Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tielt?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tielt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tielt in August

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

In August, Tielt sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tielt in August

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Tielt in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks 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 Tielt peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tielt?

Tielt sits at 51.0°N, 3.3°E, 46 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Izegem, 12 km away.

RoeselareHarelbekeTorhoutOostkamp

Topography around Tielt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tielt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tielt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m.

The land around Tielt is covered by cropland (43%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
321 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Izegem 12 km · Aalter 13 km · Waregem 14 km · Deinze 14 km · Roeselare 15 km · Harelbeke 16 km · Torhout 17 km · Oostkamp 18 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 Tielt (50.9993°, 3.3271°, elevation 46 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).