Szekszárd weather in August

In August, Szekszárd sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 57 mm of rain across 8.2 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 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 Szekszárd's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szekszárd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:49 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
42%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Szekszárd is city in Hungary and capital of Tolna county.

Founded
1015

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 Szekszárd 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 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
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112816
122816
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282615
292614
302514
312514

How August really feels in Szekszárd

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.

Szekszárd 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°38838.80.0
Feb / -2°438.13.1100.5
Mar11° / 458.71.411.63.0
Apr17° / 459.10.213.35.5
May22° / 11°6610.8014.76.5
Jun26° / 15°6910.2015.56.8
Jul28° / 16°618.6015.26.8
Aug27° / 16°578.20146.8
Sep22° / 12°648.3012.47.0
Oct17° / 567.8010.75.5
Nov10° / 518.41.49.22.2
Dec / -1°518.92.88.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
27030
37030
47129
57228
67228
77327
87327
97426
107327
117327
127327
137327
147327
157327
167327
177228
187228
197129
207129
217030
227030
236931
246832
256733
266634
276535
286436
296337
306238
316139

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Szekszárd gets around 57 mm of rain over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
129
228
328
427
527
626
726
825
925
1025
1124
1224
1324
1424
1524
1624
1724
1824
1925
2025
2126
2227
2327
2428
2529
2629
2730
2830
2931
3031
3131

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 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
112314117
212304117
313304116
414314015
514314015
615313914
716323913
817333812
917353711
1018363610
111938359
121939348
131941337
141943326
152044315
162045304
172046304
182047303
192047293
202147292
212247292
222346292
232545291
242644291
252843281
263041271
273340271
283539251
293837240
304136230
314335220

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
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219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
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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 4:30 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 6:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:307:12
214.74:327:11
314.64:337:09
414.64:347:08
514.54:357:06
614.54:377:05
714.44:387:04
814.44:397:02
914.34:407:01
1014.34:426:59
1114.24:436:57
1214.24:446:56
1314.14:456:54
1414.14:476:53
1514.04:486:51
1614.04:496:49
1713.94:516:47
1813.94:526:46
1913.84:536:44
2013.84:546:42
2113.74:566:40
2213.74:576:39
2313.64:586:37
2413.65:006:35
2513.55:016:33
2613.55:026:31
2713.45:046:29
2813.45:056:27
2913.35:066:25
3013.35:086:24
3113.25:096:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.41 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
95.6Bright
105.6Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.5Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
165.4Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Szekszárd?

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
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Szekszárd in August

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

In August, Szekszárd sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Szekszárd 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 Szekszárd 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 7 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
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Szekszárd?

Szekszárd sits at 46.3°N, 18.7°E, 87 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Baja, 26 km away.

PaksKomlóMohácsDombóvárPecsKiskőrös

Topography around Szekszárd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szekszárd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m.

The land around Szekszárd is covered by cropland (38%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
185 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
615 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Baja 26 km · Kalocsa 28 km · Paks 32 km · Komló 38 km · Mohács 40 km · Dombóvár 44 km · Pecs 48 km · Kiskőrös 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 Szekszárd (46.3472°, 18.7119°, elevation 87 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).