Sulzbach-Rosenberg weather in August

In August, Sulzbach-Rosenberg sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 81 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-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 26% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sulzbach-Rosenberg's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sulzbach-Rosenberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
81 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:10 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Sulzbach-Rosenberg is former town and since 1934 quarter of Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Amberg Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 14.9 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Sulzbach-Rosenberg 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)
12414
22414
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42414
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62414
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282112
292112
302112
312112

How August really feels in Sulzbach-Rosenberg

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.

Sulzbach-Rosenberg 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 / -3°6612.36.38.40.0
Feb / -2°5210.25.79.80.0
Mar / 65123.411.51.4
Apr14° / 51110.813.43.7
May18° / 7412.8015.15.3
Jun21° / 12°8213.20166.0
Jul23° / 14°8613.2015.66.4
Aug23° / 13°8112.2014.26.5
Sep18° / 10°6310.3012.45.6
Oct13° / 6411.30.310.53.2
Nov / 6311.12.98.90.6
Dec / -1°7012.76.480.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
45050
55050
65050
75050
85050
95050
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205050
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224951
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264654
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284456
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sulzbach-Rosenberg gets around 81 mm of rain over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
139
239
339
439
540
640
740
840
940
1040
1140
1240
1340
1440
1540
1640
1740
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2439
2539
2639
2739
2839
2939
3038
3138

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 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1503812
2503911
3503911
4503911
5513910
6523810
753389
854388
954388
1055387
1155387
1255387
1356386
1456386
1556386
1656386
1757376
1857376
1956377
2057367
2158357
2259347
2360337
2460328
2561318
2663307
2765287
2866277
2967267
3070246
3171236

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
2810calm
2910calm
3010calm
3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:48 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 6:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:487:50
215.04:507:48
314.94:517:47
414.94:537:45
514.84:547:44
614.84:557:42
714.74:577:40
814.74:587:39
914.65:007:37
1014.65:017:35
1114.55:037:33
1214.55:047:32
1314.45:067:30
1414.45:077:28
1514.35:087:26
1614.25:107:24
1714.25:117:22
1814.15:137:20
1914.15:147:18
2014.05:167:17
2114.05:177:15
2213.95:197:13
2313.85:207:10
2413.85:227:08
2513.75:237:06
2613.75:257:04
2713.65:267:02
2813.55:287:00
2913.55:296:58
3013.45:316:56
3113.45:326:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.8Bright
124.8Bright
134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.6Bright
194.6Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.5Bright
234.4Bright
244.4Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Sulzbach-Rosenberg?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sulzbach-Rosenberg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sulzbach-Rosenberg in August

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

In August, Sulzbach-Rosenberg sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sulzbach-Rosenberg 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 Sulzbach-Rosenberg peaks around July 14 at about 7 (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 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sulzbach-Rosenberg?

Sulzbach-Rosenberg sits at 49.5°N, 11.7°E, 399 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Amberg, 11 km away.

Topography around Sulzbach-Rosenberg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sulzbach-Rosenberg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 430 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 314 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 814 m.

The land around Sulzbach-Rosenberg is covered by trees (54%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
314 m
80 km
814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Amberg 11 km · Altdorf bei Nürnberg 31 km · Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 32 km · Schwandorf in Bayern 33 km · Lauf an der Pegnitz 33 km · Weiden 35 km · Wendelstein 46 km · Nuremberg 49 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 Sulzbach-Rosenberg (49.5013°, 11.746°, elevation 399 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).