Nördlingen weather in August

In August, Nördlingen sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 82 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nördlingen's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nördlingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:17 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Nördlingen is human settlement in Germany.

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 Nördlingen reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°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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302112
312112

How August really feels in Nördlingen

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.

Nördlingen weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5911.35.28.50.0
Feb / -2°47105.19.80.1
Mar / 6111.82.911.61.7
Apr14° / 5310.70.713.43.8
May18° / 8613.70155.3
Jun21° / 12°8413.6015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°8913.8015.56.3
Aug23° / 13°8212.8014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°6110.9012.45.7
Oct13° / 6211.30.310.53.4
Nov / 6010.22.68.90.8
Dec / -1°6412.45.48.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 (%)
14852
25050
34951
44951
54852
64951
74951
84951
94951
104951
114951
124951
134951
145050
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314456

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nördlingen gets around 82 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
141
241
341
442
542
642
742
842
942
1042
1142
1241
1341
1441
1541
1641
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2140
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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 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1454213
2454213
3454213
4454213
5464213
6464112
7474112
8484111
9484111
10494011
11494010
12504010
1351409
1451409
1552399
1652399
1753398
1854388
1954388
2055378
2155378
2256368
2357358
2458348
2559338
2660328
2761318
2863307
2965287
3066277
3168266

Wind in August

Winds average 9 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
48calm
58calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours 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 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:56 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 6:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:567:53
214.94:577:51
314.94:587:50
414.85:007:48
514.85:017:47
614.75:027:45
714.75:047:43
814.65:057:42
914.65:077:40
1014.55:087:38
1114.55:097:37
1214.45:117:35
1314.35:127:33
1414.35:147:31
1514.25:157:30
1614.25:177:28
1714.15:187:26
1814.15:197:24
1914.05:217:22
2014.05:227:20
2113.95:247:18
2213.95:257:16
2313.85:277:14
2413.75:287:12
2513.75:307:10
2613.65:317:08
2713.65:337:06
2813.55:347:04
2913.45:357:02
3013.45:377:00
3113.35:386:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
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154.8Bright
164.8Bright
174.8Bright
184.7Bright
194.7Bright
204.6Bright
214.6Bright
224.5Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nördlingen?

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 Nördlingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nördlingen in August

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nördlingen in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nördlingen peaks around July 15 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 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nördlingen?

Nördlingen sits at 48.9°N, 10.5°E, 430 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Donauwörth, 26 km away.

Topography around Nördlingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nördlingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 433 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m.

The land around Nördlingen is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
680 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Donauwörth 26 km · Ellwangen 29 km · Aalen 29 km · Dillingen an der Donau 30 km · Giengen an der Brenz 31 km · Heidenheim an der Brenz 31 km · Gunzenhausen 36 km · Weißenburg in Bayern 41 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 Nördlingen (48.8512°, 10.4887°, elevation 430 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).