Sonthofen weather in August

In August, Sonthofen sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 201 mm of precipitation across 19.4 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sonthofen's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sonthofen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
10°
11th coldest
Precipitation
201 mm
19.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:20 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Sonthofen is inner city of the urban municipality of Sonthofen, Bavaria, 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 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Sonthofen reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°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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22011
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24189
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28189
29189
30179
31178

How August really feels in Sonthofen

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.

Sonthofen 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -7°11913.412.88.70.0
Feb / -6°10812.412.19.90.0
Mar / -3°13316.113.611.60.3
Apr10° / 124169.713.31.7
May14° / 19721.44.414.93.0
Jun17° / 21220.90.815.74.2
Jul19° / 10°21120.10.215.44.8
Aug19° / 10°20119.40.314.14.8
Sep15° / 146161.912.43.9
Oct11° / 11413.44.910.62.5
Nov / -2°11812.99.89.10.4
Dec / -6°1301513.28.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
44852
54852
64852
74852
84852
94753
104753
114753
124753
134753
144852
154753
164852
174852
184852
194852
204852
214753
224654
234654
244555
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264456
274357
284357
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Sonthofen gets around 201 mm of rain and snow over 19.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 63% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1630
2630
3630
4630
5630
6630
7630
8630
9630
10630
11630
12640
13640
14640
15630
16630
17630
18630
19630
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21631
22621
23621
24622
25622
26622
27622
28623
29623
30623
31614

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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
174251
274251
374251
475241
575241
676231
776231
877221
978211
1079201
1179201
1280191
1381181
1483170
1583170
1684160
1784160
1884160
1985150
2085150
2185150
2286140
2386140
2486140
2587130
2688120
2788120
2889110
2989110
3090100
319190

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
45calm
55calm
65calm
75calm
85calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
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216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min 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 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:01 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 6:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:017:49
214.85:027:48
314.75:037:46
414.75:047:45
514.65:067:44
614.65:077:42
714.55:087:40
814.55:107:39
914.45:117:37
1014.45:127:36
1114.35:147:34
1214.35:157:32
1314.25:167:31
1414.25:187:29
1514.15:197:27
1614.15:207:25
1714.05:227:24
1814.05:237:22
1913.95:257:20
2013.95:267:18
2113.85:277:16
2213.85:297:14
2313.75:307:13
2413.75:317:11
2513.65:337:09
2613.55:347:07
2713.55:367:05
2813.45:377:03
2913.45:387:01
3013.35:406:59
3113.35:416:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.58 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
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.8Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.7Bright
154.7Bright
164.6Bright
174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.4Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Sonthofen?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sonthofen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sonthofen in August

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

In August, Sonthofen sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sonthofen 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 Sonthofen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sonthofen?

Sonthofen sits at 47.5°N, 10.3°E, 746 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kempten (Allgäu), 23 km away.

Topography around Sonthofen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sonthofen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m around an average of 807 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,566 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,087 m.

The land around Sonthofen is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
587 m
16 km
1,566 m
80 km
3,087 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Kempten (Allgäu) 23 km · Fussen 32 km · Marktoberdorf 38 km · Wangen 39 km · Leutkirch 40 km · Bregenz 40 km · Dornbirn 42 km · Lindau 45 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 Sonthofen (47.5182°, 10.2826°, elevation 746 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).