Rzeszów weather in August

In August, Rzeszów sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 71 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Rzeszów's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rzeszów's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
4:28 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Rzeszów is city in Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 18.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,710/km²
people per km²
Founded
1354

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 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Rzeszów reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°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 Rzeszów

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.

Rzeszów 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 / -4°4811.78.48.30.0
Feb / -3°47117.89.70.0
Mar / 5111.34.311.51.0
Apr14° / 5911.31.213.54.0
May19° / 9214.5015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°8813.6016.16.1
Jul24° / 14°10515015.76.2
Aug24° / 14°7111.7014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7810.8012.45.8
Oct13° / 5910.20.410.53.7
Nov / 50103.18.80.9
Dec / -2°4610.76.17.90.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
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55644
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314951

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rzeszów gets around 71 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12433367
22533367
32533356
42633356
52733346
62833336
72933325
83034315
93134305
103335284
113435274
123535264
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174136203
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194435192
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306127111
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min 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 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:05 AM to 4:51 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:057:11
215.04:077:09
315.04:087:08
414.94:107:06
514.94:117:04
614.84:137:03
714.84:147:01
814.74:166:59
914.74:176:58
1014.64:196:56
1114.64:206:54
1214.54:226:52
1314.54:236:50
1414.44:256:48
1514.34:266:47
1614.34:286:45
1714.24:296:43
1814.24:316:41
1914.14:326:39
2014.14:346:37
2114.04:356:35
2213.94:376:33
2313.94:386:31
2413.84:406:28
2513.84:416:26
2613.74:436:24
2713.64:446:22
2813.64:466:20
2913.54:486:18
3013.44:496:16
3113.44:516:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.3Bright
254.2Bright
264.2Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.0Bright
304.0Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Rzeszów?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Rzeszów for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rzeszów in August

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

In August, Rzeszów sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rzeszów 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 Rzeszów peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Rzeszów in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Rzeszów is worst in June — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Rzeszów's WHO annual average of 18.4 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2123 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Rzeszów?

Rzeszów sits at 50.0°N, 22.0°E, 209 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Łańcut, 17 km away.

DębicaKrosnoJarosławMielecJasło

Topography around Rzeszów

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rzeszów has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m.

The land around Rzeszów is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (40%), grassland (29%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
240 m
80 km
729 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Łańcut 17 km · Ropczyce 28 km · Przeworsk 35 km · Dębica 42 km · Krosno 42 km · Jarosław 49 km · Mielec 49 km · Jasło 50 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 Rzeszów (50.0413°, 21.999°, elevation 209 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).