Szamotuły weather in August

In August, Szamotuły sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 66 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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 26% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Szamotuły's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szamotuły's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:42 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
60%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Szamotuły is city of Poland.

Density
1,678/km²
people per km²

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 Szamotuły 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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312112

How August really feels in Szamotuły

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.

Szamotuły weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°4510.54.480.0
Feb / -2°368.74.39.50.0
Mar / 4810.72.511.51.2
Apr14° / 348.50.413.64.1
May19° / 5710.7015.55.9
Jun22° / 12°6011.6016.56.2
Jul24° / 14°8912.3016.16.6
Aug24° / 14°6610.8014.56.7
Sep19° / 10°499012.45.9
Oct13° / 439.30.210.33.5
Nov / 408.91.38.50.8
Dec / -1°43103.57.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34951
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54951
64951
74753
84753
94753
104654
114654
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134555
144654
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214357
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234258
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274159
284060
293961
303961
313961

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Szamotuły gets around 66 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
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333
433
533
633
733
834
934
1034
1135
1235
1335
1435
1536
1636
1736
1836
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2036
2136
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2736
2837
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3037
3136

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13836233
23836233
33936233
43935223
54035223
64135213
74235213
84334203
94434192
104534192
114634182
124833172
134933162
145032162
155132152
165231152
175431141
185530141
195530141
205629141
215729131
225729131
235729131
245928121
255928121
266127111
276226111
286426100
29662590
30672490
31682480

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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 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 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:18 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:187:42
215.34:197:40
315.34:217:38
415.24:227:37
515.24:247:35
615.14:267:33
715.14:277:31
815.04:297:29
914.94:317:27
1014.94:327:25
1114.84:347:23
1214.84:367:21
1314.74:377:19
1414.64:397:17
1514.64:417:15
1614.54:427:13
1714.44:447:11
1814.44:467:09
1914.34:487:07
2014.34:497:04
2114.24:517:02
2214.14:537:00
2314.14:546:58
2414.04:566:56
2513.94:586:53
2613.95:006:51
2713.85:016:49
2813.75:036:46
2913.75:056:44
3013.65:066:42
3113.55:086:39

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.46 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
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64.8Bright
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94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.5Bright
174.4Bright
184.4Bright
194.4Bright
204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.0Bright
274.0Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Szamotuły?

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
5.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Szamotuły for sightseeing.

What to pack for Szamotuły in August

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

In August, Szamotuły sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Szamotuły in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Szamotuły peaks around June 17 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 17UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Szamotuły?

Szamotuły sits at 52.6°N, 16.6°E, 71 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Oborniki, 16 km away.

SwarzędzNowy TomyślWągrowiecTrzciankaChodzież

Topography around Szamotuły

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szamotuły has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Szamotuły is covered by cropland (52%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
197 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Oborniki 16 km · Poznan 33 km · Luboń 36 km · Swarzędz 41 km · Nowy Tomyśl 45 km · Wągrowiec 47 km · Trzcianka 48 km · Chodzież 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 Szamotuły (52.612°, 16.5779°, elevation 71 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).