Spišská Nová Ves weather in August

In August, Spišská Nová Ves sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 85 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°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 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Spišská Nová Ves's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Spišská Nová Ves's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
85 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
4:36 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
57%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Spišská Nová Ves is town in Slovakia.

Density
523/km²
people per km²
Founded
1268

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 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Spišská Nová Ves reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°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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22312
32312
42312
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62312
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How August really feels in Spišská Nová Ves

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.

Spišská Nová Ves weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -7°297.36.68.50.0
Feb / -6°348.37.39.80.0
Mar / -2°409.55.311.60.5
Apr12° / 6111.72.413.43.0
May17° / 8814.30.1154.7
Jun20° / 10°9614.1015.95.6
Jul22° / 11°11114.4015.55.9
Aug22° / 11°8511.5014.26.4
Sep17° / 639.7012.45.3
Oct11° / 548.7110.52.9
Nov / -1°418.13.68.90.4
Dec / -5°338.26.98.10.0

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 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35248
45347
55347
65446
75446
85446
95446
105545
115545
125545
135644
145644
155644
165545
175644
185644
195545
205545
215545
225347
235347
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255248
265050
275050
284951
294951
304852
314753

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Spišská Nová Ves gets around 85 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 37% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
144
243
342
441
540
640
739
838
937
1037
1136
1236
1335
1435
1535
1635
1735
1836
1936
2036
2136
2236
2336
2436
2536
2637
2737
2837
2937
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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1454312
2454311
3464211
4474211
5474211
6484110
7494110
851409
951409
1053398
1154388
1255387
1356377
1456377
1558366
1659356
1759356
1861345
1962335
2062335
2163325
2265314
2366304
2467294
2568284
2669274
2771263
2872253
2974233
3076222
3177212

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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187calm
197calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 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 4:15 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:157:13
214.94:167:11
314.94:187:10
414.84:197:08
514.84:207:07
614.74:227:05
714.74:237:03
814.64:257:02
914.64:267:00
1014.54:276:58
1114.54:296:57
1214.44:306:55
1314.44:326:53
1414.34:336:51
1514.24:356:50
1614.24:366:48
1714.14:376:46
1814.14:396:44
1914.04:406:42
2014.04:426:40
2113.94:436:38
2213.94:456:36
2313.84:466:34
2413.74:486:32
2513.74:496:30
2613.64:516:28
2713.64:526:26
2813.54:546:24
2913.44:556:22
3013.44:566:20
3113.34:586:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.8Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.7Bright
154.6Bright
164.6Bright
174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.2Bright
274.2Bright
284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.0Bright
314.0Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Spišská Nová Ves

In seasonPeak

In August, Spišská Nová Ves sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Spišská Nová Ves's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Spišská Nová Ves?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Spišská Nová Ves for sightseeing.

What to pack for Spišská Nová Ves in August

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

In August, Spišská Nová Ves sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Spišská Nová Ves in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Spišská Nová Ves peaks around July 12 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Spišská Nová Ves?

Spišská Nová Ves sits at 48.9°N, 20.6°E, 459 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Levoča, 9.0 km away.

RožňavaStará ĽubovňaPrešovKošiceZakopane

Topography around Spišská Nová Ves

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Spišská Nová Ves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 486 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 891 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,438 m.

The land around Spišská Nová Ves is covered by cropland (34%), trees (24%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
891 m
80 km
2,438 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Levoča 9.0 km · Poprad 23 km · Kežmarok 23 km · Rožňava 32 km · Stará Ľubovňa 40 km · Prešov 50 km · Košice 57 km · Zakopane 60 km

Slovakia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,544
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 606
Religion
Roman Catholic 56%none 24%Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession 5%Greek Catholic 4%

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 Spišská Nová Ves (48.9446°, 20.5615°, elevation 459 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).