Nykøbing Falster weather in August

In August, Nykøbing Falster sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nykøbing Falster's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nykøbing Falster's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:55 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
60%
4th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Nykøbing Falster is Danish city.

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nykøbing Falster reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Nykøbing Falster

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.

Nykøbing Falster 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 / 5111.43.27.60.0
Feb / 399.63.39.30.0
Mar / 419.42.311.50.4
Apr10° / 328.20.213.72.3
May14° / 449.4015.84.4
Jun18° / 13°6010.7016.95.7
Jul21° / 15°6411.4016.56.3
Aug21° / 16°6711.9014.76.1
Sep17° / 13°5710.6012.55.2
Oct12° / 6012010.23.1
Nov / 5111.60.78.21.1
Dec / 5512.22.37.10.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
34951
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54852
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74852
84654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nykøbing Falster gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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636
736
836
936
1036
1136
1237
1337
1438
1538
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3142

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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12548243
22548243
32648242
42647242
52747242
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72846241
82946241
93045241
103145241
113244241
123344230
133343230
143443220
153543220
163642210
173642210
183742211
193842201
203941191
213941191
224041181
234141171
244340161
254440151
264639141
274739131
284938121
295038111
305237110
315337100

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:27 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 8:10 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:278:10
215.64:298:08
315.64:318:06
415.54:338:04
515.54:348:02
615.44:368:00
715.34:387:58
815.34:407:56
915.24:427:54
1015.14:447:52
1115.14:457:50
1215.04:477:47
1314.94:497:45
1414.94:517:43
1514.84:537:41
1614.74:557:38
1714.74:577:36
1814.64:597:34
1914.55:007:31
2014.45:027:29
2114.45:047:27
2214.35:067:24
2314.25:087:22
2414.25:107:19
2514.15:127:17
2614.05:147:14
2713.95:167:12
2813.95:187:09
2913.85:197:07
3013.75:217:04
3113.65:237:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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55.3Bright
65.2Bright
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85.1Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
114.9Bright
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154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.2Bright
274.2Bright
284.1Bright
294.0Bright
304.0Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nykøbing Falster?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nykøbing Falster for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nykøbing Falster in August

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

In August, Nykøbing Falster sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nykøbing Falster in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
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Mar3Bracing
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May10Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Nykøbing Falster in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nykøbing Falster peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nykøbing Falster?

Nykøbing Falster sits at 54.8°N, 11.9°E, 2 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Vordingborg, 27 km away.

VordingborgKlinteby FrihedNæstvedRingstedSlagelse

Topography around Nykøbing Falster

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nykøbing Falster has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Nykøbing Falster is covered by trees (28%), grassland (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and water (66%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Vordingborg 27 km · Klinteby Frihed 51 km · Næstved 52 km · Ribnitz-Damgarten 70 km · Ringsted 75 km · Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt 77 km · Rostock 78 km · Slagelse 78 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

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 Nykøbing Falster (54.7691°, 11.8742°, elevation 2 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).