Baja weather in August

In August, Baja sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 53 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Baja's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:49 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
42%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Baja is town in Bács-Kiskun County in southern Hungary.

Density
212/km²
people per km²
Founded
1308

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 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Baja reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 33°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)
12817
22817
32817
42817
52817
62817
72817
82817
92817
102817
112816
122816
132816
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202816
212816
222715
232715
242715
252715
262715
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282615
292614
302614
312514

How August really feels in Baja

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.

Baja weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°367.738.80.0
Feb / -2°428.13.1100.5
Mar11° / 438.71.411.63.0
Apr17° / 458.90.213.35.6
May22° / 11°6310.7014.76.6
Jun26° / 15°6710.1015.56.7
Jul28° / 16°608.8015.26.6
Aug28° / 16°537.70146.8
Sep23° / 12°608012.37.1
Oct17° / 547.6010.75.6
Nov10° / 487.91.39.22.3
Dec / -1°508.92.68.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 30%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
27030
37030
47129
57129
67228
77228
87228
97327
107327
117327
127327
137327
147426
157327
167228
177228
187327
197228
207228
217129
227030
237030
246832
256733
266733
276535
286436
296337
306337
316238

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Baja gets around 53 mm of rain over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
129
228
327
427
526
625
725
824
924
1023
1123
1222
1322
1422
1522
1622
1722
1823
1923
2024
2124
2225
2326
2426
2527
2628
2728
2829
2929
3030
3130

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
113313917
214313917
314313916
415313816
516313815
617313715
718323614
819333513
919353412
1020363311
1120383210
122139319
132141308
142242297
152243296
162245285
172245284
182346284
192346283
202446273
212545272
222645272
232744272
242943272
253141261
263340251
273639251
283837241
294136231
304335211
314634201

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 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
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 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 4:30 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:307:11
214.64:317:09
314.64:327:08
414.54:347:06
514.54:357:05
614.54:367:04
714.44:377:02
814.44:397:01
914.34:406:59
1014.34:416:58
1114.24:426:56
1214.24:446:54
1314.14:456:53
1414.14:466:51
1514.04:476:50
1614.04:496:48
1713.94:506:46
1813.94:516:44
1913.84:536:43
2013.84:546:41
2113.74:556:39
2213.74:566:37
2313.64:586:36
2413.64:596:34
2513.55:006:32
2613.55:026:30
2713.45:036:28
2813.45:046:26
2913.35:056:24
3013.35:076:22
3113.25:086:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
75.7Bright
85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.6Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.8Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Baja?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Baja for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Baja in August

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

In August, Baja sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baja in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baja peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 17UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Baja?

Baja sits at 46.2°N, 19.0°E, 96 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Szekszárd, 26 km away.

MohácsKalocsaLiberpolisSomborPaksKiskunhalasKomló

Topography around Baja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m.

The land around Baja is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), trees (27%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
621 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Szekszárd 26 km · Mohács 30 km · Kalocsa 39 km · Liberpolis 46 km · Sombor 47 km · Paks 49 km · Kiskunhalas 49 km · Komló 53 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

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 Baja (46.183°, 18.9531°, elevation 96 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).