Prenzlauer Berg weather in August

In August, Prenzlauer Berg sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.3 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 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Prenzlauer Berg's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prenzlauer Berg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:55 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Prenzlauer Berg is locality of Berlin.

Density
13,534/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 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Prenzlauer Berg reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°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 Prenzlauer Berg

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.

Prenzlauer Berg 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°4911.63.780.0
Feb / -1°379.23.39.50.1
Mar / 4711.22.111.51.4
Apr14° / 379.30.213.64.2
May19° / 5510.5015.55.9
Jun22° / 12°5710.5016.56.4
Jul24° / 14°7711.7016.16.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.3014.56.7
Sep19° / 11°519.3012.46.0
Oct13° / 469.60.110.33.7
Nov / 429.518.51.0
Dec / -0°4611.23.37.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54852
64753
74654
84654
94654
104654
114555
124555
134555
144555
154555
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174456
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224357
234357
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254258
264258
274159
284060
294060
304060
313961

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Prenzlauer Berg gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
332
432
533
633
734
834
934
1035
1135
1235
1335
1435
1534
1634
1734
1834
1933
2033
2133
2232
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2633
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2834
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3035
3136

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 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14438172
24437172
34537172
44636172
54735172
64834161
74934161
85033161
95132161
105232151
115331151
125331151
135430151
145430151
155629150
165729140
175729140
185729140
195729140
205729140
215729140
225730130
235730130
245929120
256029110
266029110
276228100
28632890
29642790
30662680
31672670

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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
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1211calm
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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 4:31 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 6:52 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:317:54
215.34:327:52
315.34:347:51
415.24:357:49
515.24:377:47
615.14:397:45
715.14:407:43
815.04:427:42
914.94:447:40
1014.94:457:38
1114.84:477:36
1214.84:497:34
1314.74:507:32
1414.64:527:30
1514.64:547:28
1614.54:557:26
1714.44:577:23
1814.44:597:21
1914.35:007:19
2014.25:027:17
2114.25:047:15
2214.15:067:12
2314.15:077:10
2414.05:097:08
2513.95:117:06
2613.95:127:03
2713.85:147:01
2813.75:166:59
2913.65:186:56
3013.65:196:54
3113.55:216:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.7Bright
94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.4Bright
174.4Bright
184.3Bright
194.3Bright
204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.1Bright
234.1Bright
244.0Bright
254.0Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Prenzlauer Berg?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Prenzlauer Berg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Prenzlauer Berg in August

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

In August, Prenzlauer Berg sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Prenzlauer Berg in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Prenzlauer Berg peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Prenzlauer Berg?

Prenzlauer Berg sits at 52.5°N, 13.4°E, 54 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Berlin, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Prenzlauer Berg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prenzlauer Berg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m.

The land around Prenzlauer Berg is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
256 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Berlin 2.0 km · Mitte 2.0 km · Gesundbrunnen 3.0 km · Friedrichshain 3.0 km · Fennpfuhl 3.0 km · Weißensee 3.0 km · Pankow 4.0 km · Kreuzberg 5.0 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 Prenzlauer Berg (52.5388°, 13.4244°, elevation 54 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).