Pisz weather in August

In August, Pisz sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.6 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 25% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pisz's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pisz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:19 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Pisz is city of Poland.

Density
1,916/km²
people per km²
Founded
1367

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 Pisz reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°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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How August really feels in Pisz

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.

Pisz 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-0° / -5°411177.80.0
Feb / -4°379.16.19.40.0
Mar / -1°41104.111.50.4
Apr12° / 419.11.213.73.3
May18° / 5911.90.115.65.5
Jun21° / 11°7312.5016.75.9
Jul23° / 14°8412.7016.36.4
Aug22° / 13°7211.5014.66.5
Sep17° / 589.6012.55.4
Oct11° / 51100.510.32.7
Nov / 4210.22.78.30.3
Dec / -3°44105.87.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 53%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34951
44951
54951
64951
74951
84852
94852
104852
114852
124852
134852
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154852
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pisz gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
338
438
538
638
737
837
937
1037
1137
1237
1337
1437
1537
1637
1737
1837
1937
2037
2137
2238
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2438
2538
2639
2739
2839
2939
3039
3139

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 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13336275
23335275
33335275
43435265
53535254
63635254
73735244
83835234
93935224
104135214
114235204
124335193
134434183
144634183
154734173
164833162
175033152
185133142
195232142
205432131
215532121
225532121
235731111
245831101
25603091
26613090
27623080
28642970
29652960
30672850
31682840

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:53 AM to 4:46 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 6:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.53:537:25
215.53:547:23
315.43:567:21
415.43:587:20
515.33:597:18
615.24:017:16
715.24:037:14
815.14:047:12
915.14:067:10
1015.04:087:08
1114.94:107:06
1214.94:117:04
1314.84:137:02
1414.74:156:59
1514.74:176:57
1614.64:196:55
1714.54:206:53
1814.54:226:51
1914.44:246:48
2014.34:266:46
2114.34:286:44
2214.24:296:42
2314.14:316:39
2414.14:336:37
2514.04:356:35
2613.94:376:32
2713.94:386:30
2813.84:406:27
2913.74:426:25
3013.64:446:22
3113.64:466:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.4Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Pisz?

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
4.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Pisz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pisz in August

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

In August, Pisz sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Pisz in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pisz peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pisz?

Pisz sits at 53.6°N, 21.8°E, 117 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Grajewo, 42 km away.

GrajewoMrągowoEłkGiżyckoŁomżaGierłożSzczytnoKętrzyn

Topography around Pisz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pisz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m.

The land around Pisz is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), grassland (32%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
282 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Grajewo 42 km · Mrągowo 43 km · Ełk 43 km · Giżycko 46 km · Łomża 53 km · Gierłoż 55 km · Szczytno 55 km · Kętrzyn 58 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 7%

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 Pisz (53.6274°, 21.8125°, elevation 117 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).