Torhout weather in August

In August, Torhout sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.4 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 19% 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 Torhout's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torhout's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:41 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
63%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Torhout is town in Torhout municipality, 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 Torhout 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 27°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 Torhout

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.

Torhout 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 / 6012.40.98.20.7
Feb / 5110.60.99.61.0
Mar10° / 5110.90.711.52.3
Apr14° / 4811.1013.53.8
May17° / 6211.8015.35.1
Jun20° / 12°6311016.25.9
Jul22° / 14°6512.2015.96.3
Aug22° / 14°7211.4014.46.4
Sep19° / 12°5910.3012.45.9
Oct15° / 6411.8010.44.2
Nov10° / 6612.90.38.72.1
Dec / 7113.11.17.80.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Torhout gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 45% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12750212
22751202
32750203
42850203
52850193
62850193
72950183
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92949183
103049184
113049174
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274739132
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295037121
305136121
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light 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 6:05 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 7:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:178:30
215.25:198:28
315.15:208:27
415.15:228:25
515.05:238:23
614.95:258:22
714.95:268:20
814.85:288:18
914.85:308:16
1014.75:318:14
1114.75:338:13
1214.65:348:11
1314.55:368:09
1414.55:378:07
1514.45:398:05
1614.45:418:03
1714.35:428:01
1814.35:447:59
1914.25:457:57
2014.15:477:55
2114.15:497:53
2214.05:507:50
2313.95:527:48
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2513.85:557:44
2613.85:577:42
2713.75:587:40
2813.66:007:37
2913.66:017:35
3013.56:037:33
3113.46:057:31

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Torhout?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Torhout for sightseeing.

What to pack for Torhout in August

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

In August, Torhout sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Torhout 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 34 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 7°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
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Torhout 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 Torhout peaks around June 22 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 22UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Torhout?

Torhout sits at 51.1°N, 3.1°E, 22 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Zedelgem, 9.0 km away.

Sint-AndriesDiksmuideTieltBrugesAssebroek

Topography around Torhout

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torhout has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m.

The land around Torhout is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (29%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
320 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Zedelgem 9.0 km · Roeselare 13 km · Oostkamp 13 km · Sint-Andries 16 km · Diksmuide 17 km · Tielt 17 km · Bruges 18 km · Assebroek 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 Torhout (51.0656°, 3.1008°, elevation 22 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).