Żary weather in August

In August, Żary sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Żary's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Żary's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:51 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
61%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Żary is town and urban gmina in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland (German: Sorau).

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,167/km²
people per km²
Founded
1030

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 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Żary 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 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 Żary

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.

Żary 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°5011.44.68.10.0
Feb / -2°39949.60.0
Mar / 5011.22.911.51.4
Apr14° / 388.40.513.64.4
May19° / 5911.3015.36.0
Jun23° / 13°6411.8016.36.3
Jul25° / 15°8412.5015.96.5
Aug24° / 14°6710.6014.46.7
Sep19° / 10°549.9012.46.0
Oct13° / 479.70.110.43.8
Nov / 449.51.48.61.0
Dec / -1°46113.77.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
35149
45149
55248
65149
75050
85050
95050
104951
114951
124951
134852
144852
154654
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204456
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224357
234357
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254258
264159
274159
283961
293862
303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Żary gets around 67 mm of rain over 10.6 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 (%)
134
234
334
434
534
635
735
835
935
1035
1135
1235
1334
1434
1534
1634
1734
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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 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14534192
24534192
34534192
44634192
54633192
64733181
74833181
84833181
94932181
105032171
115032171
125132161
135132161
145331151
155331151
165431141
175431141
185431141
195531131
205432131
215532121
225532121
235731111
245831110
255931100
266030100
27613090
28632980
29642880
30662770
31662770

Wind in August

Winds average 11 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 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 4:27 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 6:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:277:44
215.24:297:42
315.24:307:41
415.14:327:39
515.14:337:37
615.04:357:35
715.04:367:34
814.94:387:32
914.84:407:30
1014.84:417:28
1114.74:437:26
1214.74:447:24
1314.64:467:22
1414.54:487:20
1514.54:497:18
1614.44:517:16
1714.44:537:14
1814.34:547:12
1914.24:567:10
2014.24:577:08
2114.14:597:06
2214.05:017:04
2314.05:027:01
2413.95:046:59
2513.95:066:57
2613.85:076:55
2713.75:096:53
2813.75:116:50
2913.65:126:48
3013.55:146:46
3113.55:166:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.45 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
64.8Bright
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94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.5Bright
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184.4Bright
194.3Bright
204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.1Bright
254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Żary?

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
5.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Żary for sightseeing.

What to pack for Żary in August

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

In August, Żary 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 Żary 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 Żary peaks around June 18 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 18UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Żary 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 Żary is worst in June — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Żary's WHO annual average of 14.3 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1718 µg/m³Dec 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Żary?

Żary sits at 51.6°N, 15.1°E, 152 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Żagań, 13 km away.

Zielona GóraNowa SólGubinGubenBolesławiec

Topography around Żary

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Żary has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 164 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 612 m.

The land around Żary is covered by trees (32%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
612 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Żagań 13 km · Forst 36 km · Weißwasser 38 km · Zielona Góra 41 km · Nowa Sól 44 km · Gubin 44 km · Guben 45 km · Bolesławiec 52 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 Żary (51.642°, 15.1373°, elevation 152 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).