Duisburg weather in August

In August, Duisburg sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 79 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-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 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Duisburg's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Duisburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 79 mm; 12.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:25 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Duisburg is human settlement in Germany.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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

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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 Duisburg 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

How August really feels in Duisburg

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Duisburg weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / 1°	72	13.3	2	8.1	0.2
Feb	6° / 1°	60	11.5	2.3	9.6	0.6
Mar	10° / 3°	60	12.1	0.9	11.5	2.2
Apr	15° / 6°	48	10.3	0	13.5	4.2
May	18° / 10°	59	11.4	0	15.3	5.6
Jun	21° / 13°	68	11.7	0	16.3	6.0
Jul	23° / 15°	79	13.1	0	15.9	6.3
Aug	23° / 14°	79	12.4	0	14.4	6.3
Sep	19° / 11°	66	10.8	0	12.4	5.8
Oct	14° / 8°	68	11.5	0	10.4	4.0
Nov	9° / 5°	67	12.9	0.5	8.6	1.7
Dec	6° / 2°	79	13.8	2.3	7.7	0.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	37	37	37	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	63	63	63	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Duisburg gets around 79 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

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 40% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	45	46	48	50	52	54	55	55	57
Comfortable (%)	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	32	31
Humid (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11
Muggy (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	47	20	3
2	30	47	20	3
3	31	47	20	3
4	31	46	20	3
5	32	46	20	2
6	32	46	20	2
7	33	46	20	2
8	33	45	20	2
9	33	45	20	2
10	34	44	20	2
11	34	44	20	2
12	35	43	20	2
13	35	42	20	2
14	36	42	20	2
15	37	41	20	2
16	37	41	20	2
17	38	40	20	2
18	39	39	20	2
19	40	39	20	2
20	41	38	19	2
21	42	38	19	2
22	43	37	18	2
23	45	36	18	2
24	46	35	17	1
25	48	34	16	1
26	50	34	15	1
27	52	33	14	1
28	54	32	13	1
29	55	32	12	1
30	55	32	12	1
31	57	31	11	1

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 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 5:01 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 8:17 PM to 7:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:01	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:48	5:49
Sunset (PM)	8:17	8:15	8:13	8:12	8:10	8:08	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.3	5:01	8:17
2	15.2	5:03	8:15
3	15.1	5:04	8:13
4	15.1	5:06	8:12
5	15.0	5:08	8:10
6	15.0	5:09	8:08
7	14.9	5:11	8:06
8	14.9	5:12	8:05
9	14.8	5:14	8:03
10	14.8	5:15	8:01
11	14.7	5:17	7:59
12	14.6	5:19	7:57
13	14.6	5:20	7:55
14	14.5	5:22	7:53
15	14.5	5:23	7:51
16	14.4	5:25	7:49
17	14.3	5:27	7:47
18	14.3	5:28	7:45
19	14.2	5:30	7:43
20	14.2	5:31	7:41
21	14.1	5:33	7:39
22	14.0	5:35	7:37
23	14.0	5:36	7:34
24	13.9	5:38	7:32
25	13.8	5:40	7:30
26	13.8	5:41	7:28
27	13.7	5:43	7:26
28	13.6	5:44	7:23
29	13.6	5:46	7:21
30	13.5	5:48	7:19
31	13.5	5:49	7:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Duisburg?

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

4.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Duisburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Duisburg in August

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

In August, Duisburg 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 Duisburg 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 Duisburg 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 December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Duisburg?

Duisburg sits at 51.4°N, 6.8°E, 38 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hochfeld, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Duisburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Duisburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 964 m.

The land around Duisburg is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and trees (36%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

79 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

172 m

trees 45%

80 km

964 m

trees 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Duisburg year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Hochfeld 2.0 km · Meiderich 4.0 km · Rheinhausen 5.0 km · Mülheim 8.0 km · Oberhausen 8.0 km · Moers 9.0 km · Uerdingen 12 km · Bockum 14 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

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 Duisburg (51.4325°, 6.7652°, elevation 38 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	47	20	3
2	30	47	20	3
3	31	47	20	3
4	31	46	20	3
5	32	46	20	2
6	32	46	20	2
7	33	46	20	2
8	33	45	20	2
9	33	45	20	2
10	34	44	20	2
11	34	44	20	2
12	35	43	20	2
13	35	42	20	2
14	36	42	20	2
15	37	41	20	2
16	37	41	20	2
17	38	40	20	2
18	39	39	20	2
19	40	39	20	2
20	41	38	19	2
21	42	38	19	2
22	43	37	18	2
23	45	36	18	2
24	46	35	17	1
25	48	34	16	1
26	50	34	15	1
27	52	33	14	1
28	54	32	13	1
29	55	32	12	1
30	55	32	12	1
31	57	31	11	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	47	20	3
2	30	47	20	3
3	31	47	20	3
4	31	46	20	3
5	32	46	20	2
6	32	46	20	2
7	33	46	20	2
8	33	45	20	2
9	33	45	20	2
10	34	44	20	2
11	34	44	20	2
12	35	43	20	2
13	35	42	20	2
14	36	42	20	2
15	37	41	20	2
16	37	41	20	2
17	38	40	20	2
18	39	39	20	2
19	40	39	20	2
20	41	38	19	2
21	42	38	19	2
22	43	37	18	2
23	45	36	18	2
24	46	35	17	1
25	48	34	16	1
26	50	34	15	1
27	52	33	14	1
28	54	32	13	1
29	55	32	12	1
30	55	32	12	1
31	57	31	11	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	47	20	3
2	30	47	20	3
3	31	47	20	3
4	31	46	20	3
5	32	46	20	2
6	32	46	20	2
7	33	46	20	2
8	33	45	20	2
9	33	45	20	2
10	34	44	20	2
11	34	44	20	2
12	35	43	20	2
13	35	42	20	2
14	36	42	20	2
15	37	41	20	2
16	37	41	20	2
17	38	40	20	2
18	39	39	20	2
19	40	39	20	2
20	41	38	19	2
21	42	38	19	2
22	43	37	18	2
23	45	36	18	2
24	46	35	17	1
25	48	34	16	1
26	50	34	15	1
27	52	33	14	1
28	54	32	13	1
29	55	32	12	1
30	55	32	12	1
31	57	31	11	1