Nordhorn weather in August

In August, Nordhorn sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 76 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nordhorn's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nordhorn's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 76 mm; 13.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 30 min; 5:21 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

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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 Nordhorn reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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 28°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	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12

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

How August really feels in Nordhorn

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.

Nordhorn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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°	68	13.3	1.8	8	0.0
Feb	6° / 1°	54	10.9	2.3	9.5	0.3
Mar	9° / 3°	56	11.8	0.9	11.5	1.9
Apr	14° / 5°	48	10.7	0.2	13.6	4.0
May	18° / 9°	60	11	0	15.5	5.5
Jun	20° / 11°	68	12.1	0	16.5	5.8
Jul	23° / 14°	80	14	0	16.1	6.1
Aug	22° / 13°	76	13.2	0	14.5	6.1
Sep	19° / 11°	66	11	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	14° / 7°	63	11.9	0	10.3	3.8
Nov	9° / 4°	60	12.1	0.4	8.5	1.5
Dec	6° / 2°	71	13	2.2	7.5	0.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 65%.

	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	42	41	41	40	39	39	39	37	37	36	36	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	34	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	61	63	63	64	64	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	66	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nordhorn gets around 76 mm of rain over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	40	40	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	41
29	40
30	40
31	39

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 46% 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 (%)	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	50	52	53	55	57	58	59	60	62
Comfortable (%)	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	31	30	29
Humid (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	35	47	17	1
2	35	47	17	1
3	36	46	17	1
4	37	46	17	1
5	38	45	17	1
6	39	44	17	1
7	39	43	17	1
8	40	42	17	0
9	41	42	17	0
10	42	41	17	0
11	42	40	17	0
12	43	40	17	0
13	43	39	17	1
14	44	39	17	1
15	44	38	17	1
16	44	38	17	1
17	45	38	16	1
18	45	38	16	1
19	46	38	16	1
20	46	38	15	1
21	47	37	14	1
22	48	37	14	1
23	50	36	13	1
24	52	35	12	1
25	53	34	12	1
26	55	33	11	1
27	57	32	10	1
28	58	31	10	1
29	59	31	9	1
30	60	30	9	1
31	62	29	8	1

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 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 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:56 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 8:19 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)	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	4:56	4:58	5:00	5:01	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:45	5:47
Sunset (PM)	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:19	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	4:56	8:19
2	15.3	4:58	8:17
3	15.3	5:00	8:16
4	15.2	5:01	8:14
5	15.2	5:03	8:12
6	15.1	5:04	8:10
7	15.0	5:06	8:09
8	15.0	5:08	8:07
9	14.9	5:09	8:05
10	14.9	5:11	8:03
11	14.8	5:13	8:01
12	14.7	5:14	7:59
13	14.7	5:16	7:57
14	14.6	5:18	7:55
15	14.6	5:19	7:53
16	14.5	5:21	7:51
17	14.4	5:23	7:49
18	14.4	5:24	7:46
19	14.3	5:26	7:44
20	14.2	5:28	7:42
21	14.2	5:29	7:40
22	14.1	5:31	7:38
23	14.0	5:33	7:35
24	14.0	5:35	7:33
25	13.9	5:36	7:31
26	13.8	5:38	7:29
27	13.8	5:40	7:26
28	13.7	5:41	7:24
29	13.6	5:43	7:22
30	13.6	5:45	7:19
31	13.5	5:47	7:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.24 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	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	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	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nordhorn?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nordhorn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nordhorn in August

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

In August, Nordhorn sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Nordhorn 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 Nordhorn peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 Nordhorn?

Nordhorn sits at 52.4°N, 7.1°E, 25 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Bentheim, 16 km away.

Topography around Nordhorn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nordhorn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m.

The land around Nordhorn is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (35%), cropland (33%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), grassland (28%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

trees 38%

16 km

93 m

trees 35%

80 km

346 m

cropland 40%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Bad Bentheim 16 km · Oldenzaal 16 km · Losser 19 km · Tubbergen 19 km · Lingen 20 km · Gronau 25 km · Glanerbrug 25 km · Borne 26 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 Nordhorn (52.4308°, 7.0683°, elevation 25 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	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	22	14
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	12
29	21	12
30	21	12
31	21	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	41
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	35	47	17	1
2	35	47	17	1
3	36	46	17	1
4	37	46	17	1
5	38	45	17	1
6	39	44	17	1
7	39	43	17	1
8	40	42	17	0
9	41	42	17	0
10	42	41	17	0
11	42	40	17	0
12	43	40	17	0
13	43	39	17	1
14	44	39	17	1
15	44	38	17	1
16	44	38	17	1
17	45	38	16	1
18	45	38	16	1
19	46	38	16	1
20	46	38	15	1
21	47	37	14	1
22	48	37	14	1
23	50	36	13	1
24	52	35	12	1
25	53	34	12	1
26	55	33	11	1
27	57	32	10	1
28	58	31	10	1
29	59	31	9	1
30	60	30	9	1
31	62	29	8	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	41
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	35	47	17	1
2	35	47	17	1
3	36	46	17	1
4	37	46	17	1
5	38	45	17	1
6	39	44	17	1
7	39	43	17	1
8	40	42	17	0
9	41	42	17	0
10	42	41	17	0
11	42	40	17	0
12	43	40	17	0
13	43	39	17	1
14	44	39	17	1
15	44	38	17	1
16	44	38	17	1
17	45	38	16	1
18	45	38	16	1
19	46	38	16	1
20	46	38	15	1
21	47	37	14	1
22	48	37	14	1
23	50	36	13	1
24	52	35	12	1
25	53	34	12	1
26	55	33	11	1
27	57	32	10	1
28	58	31	10	1
29	59	31	9	1
30	60	30	9	1
31	62	29	8	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	41
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	35	47	17	1
2	35	47	17	1
3	36	46	17	1
4	37	46	17	1
5	38	45	17	1
6	39	44	17	1
7	39	43	17	1
8	40	42	17	0
9	41	42	17	0
10	42	41	17	0
11	42	40	17	0
12	43	40	17	0
13	43	39	17	1
14	44	39	17	1
15	44	38	17	1
16	44	38	17	1
17	45	38	16	1
18	45	38	16	1
19	46	38	16	1
20	46	38	15	1
21	47	37	14	1
22	48	37	14	1
23	50	36	13	1
24	52	35	12	1
25	53	34	12	1
26	55	33	11	1
27	57	32	10	1
28	58	31	10	1
29	59	31	9	1
30	60	30	9	1
31	62	29	8	1