Kaposvár weather in August

In August, Kaposvár sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 70 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Kaposvár's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaposvár's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:53 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
46%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Kaposvár is city in Hungary.

Founded
~950 CE

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 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kaposvár reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°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)
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282514
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How August really feels in Kaposvár

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.

Kaposvár weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°397.23.48.80.0
Feb / -1°468.53.5100.5
Mar11° / 509.41.811.62.9
Apr17° / 539.90.313.35.3
May21° / 11°7612014.76.3
Jun25° / 15°8211.4015.56.6
Jul27° / 16°7110.5015.26.6
Aug27° / 16°7090146.9
Sep22° / 12°749012.46.8
Oct16° / 628.20.110.75.3
Nov10° / 619.41.59.22.1
Dec / -1°569.338.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 34%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26733
36733
46832
56832
66931
76832
86832
96931
106931
116931
126931
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206832
216733
226634
236634
246535
256436
266337
276238
286139
296040
305941
315842

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kaposvár gets around 70 mm of rain over 9 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
133
233
332
431
530
630
729
829
929
1029
1128
1228
1328
1428
1528
1628
1728
1829
1929
2029
2129
2229
2330
2430
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2731
2832
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3032
3132

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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
115323915
215323914
315323814
416323814
517323813
617333713
718333712
819343611
920343610
1020353510
112136349
122237348
132238337
142239336
152339326
162340325
172341325
182341314
192441314
202541313
212641313
222740312
232840302
243039301
253238291
263437281
273637271
283836261
294035241
304235231
314434210

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
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109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
169calm
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269calm
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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 4:34 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 6:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:347:16
214.74:357:14
314.64:367:13
414.64:387:12
514.54:397:10
614.54:407:09
714.44:417:07
814.44:437:06
914.34:447:04
1014.34:457:03
1114.24:467:01
1214.24:487:00
1314.14:496:58
1414.14:506:56
1514.04:526:55
1614.04:536:53
1713.94:546:51
1813.94:556:49
1913.84:576:48
2013.84:586:46
2113.74:596:44
2213.75:016:42
2313.65:026:40
2413.65:036:39
2513.55:056:37
2613.55:066:35
2713.45:076:33
2813.45:096:31
2913.35:106:29
3013.35:116:27
3113.25:126:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.7Bright
35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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95.5Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
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155.4Bright
165.4Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.1Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kaposvár?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kaposvár in August

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

In August, Kaposvár sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kaposvár 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 Kaposvár 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 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 17UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaposvár?

Kaposvár sits at 46.4°N, 17.8°E, 144 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Dombóvár, 26 km away.

KomlóPecsKeszthelyNagykanizsaSiófokTapolcaSzekszárd

Topography around Kaposvár

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaposvár has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m.

The land around Kaposvár is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
603 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Dombóvár 26 km · Komló 41 km · Pecs 46 km · Keszthely 62 km · Nagykanizsa 63 km · Siófok 63 km · Tapolca 63 km · Szekszárd 70 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 Kaposvár (46.3667°, 17.8°, elevation 144 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).