Haltern am See weather in August

In August, Haltern am See sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 78 mm of rain across 12.3 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 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Haltern am See's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Haltern am See's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:22 AM – 7:48 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Haltern am See is town in Recklinghausen District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Density
241/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 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Haltern am See 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 Haltern am See

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.

Haltern am See 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 / 7313.62.58.10.1
Feb / 6011.32.69.60.4
Mar10° / 6112.61.111.52.0
Apr14° / 4910.90.113.64.1
May18° / 5811.2015.45.6
Jun21° / 12°6612.1016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°7612.80166.4
Aug23° / 14°7812.3014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6510.5012.45.8
Oct14° / 6611.7010.43.9
Nov / 6612.80.68.61.6
Dec / 7813.72.77.60.3

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
33961
44060
53961
63961
73862
83862
93664
103664
113664
123664
133466
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183268
193169
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233070
243070
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273070
283169
293169
303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Haltern am See gets around 78 mm of rain over 12.3 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 (%)
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239
339
439
539
639
740
840
941
1041
1142
1242
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1443
1543
1642
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2639
2738
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3037
3137

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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13845161
23844161
33844161
43943171
54043171
64042171
74142171
84141171
94240171
104240171
114339171
124338181
134338181
144437181
154437181
164536181
174536181
184635171
194735171
204834171
214934161
225033161
235232151
245332141
255431141
265630131
275829121
286028111
296028111
306227101
31632791

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
111calm
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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 4:59 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 7:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:598:16
215.25:008:14
315.25:028:13
415.15:038:11
515.15:058:09
615.05:068:08
715.05:088:06
814.95:098:04
914.85:118:02
1014.85:138:00
1114.75:147:58
1214.75:167:56
1314.65:187:54
1414.65:197:52
1514.55:217:50
1614.45:227:48
1714.45:247:46
1814.35:267:44
1914.25:277:42
2014.25:297:40
2114.15:317:38
2214.15:327:36
2314.05:347:33
2413.95:367:31
2513.95:377:29
2613.85:397:27
2713.75:417:25
2813.75:427:22
2913.65:447:20
3013.55:467:18
3113.55:477:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.7Bright
84.7Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.4Bright
144.4Bright
154.3Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Haltern am See?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Haltern am See for sightseeing.

What to pack for Haltern am See in August

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

In August, Haltern am See 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 Haltern am See 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 Haltern am See peaks around July 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Haltern am See?

Haltern am See sits at 51.7°N, 7.2°E, 45 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Marl, 11 km away.

Topography around Haltern am See

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Haltern am See has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m.

The land around Haltern am See is covered by trees (54%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), cropland (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
674 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Marl 11 km · Dülmen 12 km · Oer-Erkenschwick 13 km · Recklinghausen 14 km · Datteln 15 km · Herten 17 km · Dorsten 17 km · Lüdinghausen 18 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 Haltern am See (51.743°, 7.1816°, elevation 45 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).