Skierniewice weather in August

In August, Skierniewice sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 62 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Skierniewice's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skierniewice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:30 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
57%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Skierniewice is city in central Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 29.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,362/km²
people per km²
Founded
1457

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 Skierniewice reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°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 Skierniewice

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.

Skierniewice weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°389.85.58.10.0
Feb / -3°379.55.39.60.0
Mar / -0°4210.33.211.50.9
Apr14° / 449.80.913.63.9
May19° / 6811.7015.45.8
Jun22° / 12°6611.4016.46.3
Jul24° / 14°8212.40166.5
Aug24° / 14°6210.2014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°5710.3012.45.8
Oct13° / 439.20.210.43.4
Nov / 399.228.60.7
Dec / -2°419.64.17.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45149
55149
65149
75248
85248
95248
105248
115149
125248
135248
145248
155347
165248
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264951
274852
284753
294654
304654
314456

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Skierniewice gets around 62 mm of rain over 10.2 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
236
336
435
535
634
734
834
933
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1132
1232
1332
1431
1531
1631
1731
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2032
2132
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3037
3137

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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13036287
23136276
33136276
43235276
53335265
63436255
73536255
83636244
93836234
103936214
114135204
124235193
134435183
144534173
154734163
164933153
175033153
185232142
195331142
205530132
215530132
225629132
235728132
246027121
256027121
266226111
276226111
286326101
29652591
30662590
31672580

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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:06 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:067:25
215.34:077:23
315.24:097:22
415.24:117:20
515.14:127:18
615.04:147:16
715.04:157:15
814.94:177:13
914.94:187:11
1014.84:207:09
1114.84:227:07
1214.74:237:05
1314.64:257:03
1414.64:277:01
1514.54:286:59
1614.54:306:57
1714.44:326:55
1814.34:336:53
1914.34:356:51
2014.24:376:49
2114.14:386:46
2214.14:406:44
2314.04:426:42
2413.94:436:40
2513.94:456:38
2613.84:476:35
2713.74:486:33
2813.74:506:31
2913.64:526:28
3013.54:536:26
3113.54:556:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
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104.8Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.7Bright
154.6Bright
164.6Bright
174.5Bright
184.5Bright
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204.4Bright
214.4Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.2Bright
254.2Bright
264.1Bright
274.0Bright
284.0Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Skierniewice?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Skierniewice for sightseeing.

What to pack for Skierniewice in August

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

In August, Skierniewice sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Skierniewice 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 Skierniewice peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Skierniewice?

Skierniewice sits at 52.0°N, 20.2°E, 128 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Rawa Mazowiecka, 22 km away.

MilanówekTomaszów Mazowiecki

Topography around Skierniewice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skierniewice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m.

The land around Skierniewice is covered by trees (34%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
134 m
80 km
316 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Rawa Mazowiecka 22 km · Żyrardów 22 km · Łowicz 22 km · Głowno 30 km · Sochaczew 31 km · Grodzisk Mazowiecki 36 km · Milanówek 40 km · Tomaszów Mazowiecki 48 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 Skierniewice (51.9549°, 20.1584°, elevation 128 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).