Baden-Baden weather in August

In August, Baden-Baden sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 91 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Baden-Baden's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baden-Baden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:26 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Baden-Baden is town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 11.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
406/km²
people per km²

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 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Baden-Baden 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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Baden-Baden weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°10214.55.98.50.0
Feb / -1°8612.55.79.80.1
Mar10° / 9814.33.511.61.9
Apr14° / 74130.813.43.8
May18° / 11015.50.1155.1
Jun22° / 13°10013.9015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°10514.2015.56.3
Aug23° / 14°9113014.26.5
Sep19° / 11°8711.8012.45.7
Oct14° / 9213.30.210.53.6
Nov / 9513.32.591.1
Dec / 118165.88.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45050
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64951
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Baden-Baden gets around 91 mm of rain over 13 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
643
743
843
944
1044
1143
1243
1343
1443
1542
1642
1742
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2141
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2740
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3040
3140

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13641221
23642221
33642211
43742211
53742200
63842200
73842190
83942190
93942180
104042180
114042170
124142170
134242170
144241160
154341160
164341150
174441150
184440150
194540150
204539150
214639150
224738150
234837150
245035150
255234140
265333140
275532130
285631130
295929120
306128110
316327100

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
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118calm
128calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 7:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:058:01
214.95:068:00
314.85:087:58
414.85:097:57
514.85:107:55
614.75:127:54
714.75:137:52
814.65:147:51
914.65:167:49
1014.55:177:47
1114.45:197:45
1214.45:207:44
1314.35:217:42
1414.35:237:40
1514.25:247:38
1614.25:267:37
1714.15:277:35
1814.15:297:33
1914.05:307:31
2014.05:327:29
2113.95:337:27
2213.85:347:25
2313.85:367:23
2413.75:377:21
2513.75:397:19
2613.65:407:17
2713.65:427:15
2813.55:437:13
2913.45:457:11
3013.45:467:09
3113.35:477:07

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.2Bright
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65.2Bright
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105.0Bright
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125.0Bright
134.9Bright
144.9Bright
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174.8Bright
184.7Bright
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204.6Bright
214.6Bright
224.5Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.2Bright
304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Baden-Baden?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Baden-Baden for sightseeing.

What to pack for Baden-Baden in August

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

In August, Baden-Baden sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Baden-Baden 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 Baden-Baden peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Baden-Baden?

Baden-Baden sits at 48.8°N, 8.2°E, 169 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Gaggenau, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Baden-Baden

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baden-Baden has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m around an average of 303 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m.

The land around Baden-Baden is covered by trees (86%) within 3 km, trees (65%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
529 m
16 km
992 m
80 km
1,141 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Gaggenau 8.0 km · Bühl 10 km · Rastatt 11 km · Achern 19 km · Ettlingen 24 km · Rheinstetten 24 km · Oberkirch 28 km · Karlsruhe 30 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Baden-Baden (48.7606°, 8.2398°, elevation 169 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).