Turnhout weather in August

In August, Turnhout sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Turnhout's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turnhout's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:33 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
65%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Turnhout is town in Turnhout 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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Turnhout reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Turnhout weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6712.11.38.20.3
Feb / 6111.51.59.60.7
Mar10° / 5911.80.811.52.3
Apr15° / 4910.90.113.54.1
May18° / 6412.7015.35.4
Jun21° / 12°7011.9016.35.9
Jul23° / 14°7613.2015.96.3
Aug23° / 14°7712.4014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6110.9012.45.8
Oct15° / 6311.3010.44.1
Nov10° / 6512.20.48.61.9
Dec / 7713.11.57.70.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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

Any precipitation

Turnhout gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
239
339
439
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739
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1040
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13344212
23345212
33345202
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224538162
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265134132
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:09 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:098:23
215.25:118:22
315.15:128:20
415.15:148:19
515.05:158:17
615.05:178:15
714.95:188:13
814.95:208:11
914.85:218:10
1014.75:238:08
1114.75:258:06
1214.65:268:04
1314.65:288:02
1414.55:298:00
1514.55:317:58
1614.45:337:56
1714.35:347:54
1814.35:367:52
1914.25:377:50
2014.15:397:48
2114.15:417:46
2214.05:427:44
2314.05:447:41
2413.95:457:39
2513.85:477:37
2613.85:497:35
2713.75:507:33
2813.65:527:30
2913.65:547:28
3013.55:557:26
3113.45:577:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Turnhout?

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
4.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Turnhout for sightseeing.

What to pack for Turnhout in August

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

In August, Turnhout sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Turnhout 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 Turnhout peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Turnhout in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Turnhout is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Dec 1311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Turnhout?

Turnhout sits at 51.3°N, 4.9°E, 29 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Beerse, 6.0 km away.

HoogstratenGeelHerentalsMolBalen

Topography around Turnhout

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turnhout has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m.

The land around Turnhout is covered by trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (37%), grassland (26%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%), cropland (27%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
216 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Beerse 6.0 km · Kasterlee 9.0 km · Lille 12 km · Hoogstraten 15 km · Geel 18 km · Herentals 18 km · Mol 19 km · Balen 23 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 Turnhout (51.3225°, 4.9447°, elevation 29 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).