Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) weather in August

In August, Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 107 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°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 comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)'s 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:27 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
55%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) is city district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

Density
940/km²
people per km²
Founded
~843 CE

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 24°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°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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312112

How August really feels in Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)

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.

Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°7912.46.28.70.0
Feb / -1°6911.26.29.90.3
Mar10° / 8213.24.511.62.2
Apr14° / 8512.51.913.33.9
May18° / 11915.20.214.95.2
Jun22° / 13°11314.8015.75.9
Jul24° / 14°10613.8015.46.5
Aug23° / 14°10713014.16.6
Sep19° / 11°9111.1012.45.8
Oct14° / 8311.60.410.63.8
Nov / 8712.13.19.11.2
Dec / -0°9313.76.38.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August.

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 (%)
15743
25743
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285149
295050
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314951

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) gets around 107 mm of rain over 13 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
643
743
843
943
1043
1142
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 40% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1284823
2294823
3294723
4304723
5314623
6324523
7334422
8344422
9354322
10364222
11364221
12374121
13384121
14384120
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23433818
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26483616
27503515
28523414
29533413
30553312
31573211

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min 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 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:077:55
214.85:087:54
314.75:097:52
414.75:117:51
514.65:127:50
614.65:137:48
714.55:147:47
814.55:167:45
914.45:177:43
1014.45:187:42
1114.35:207:40
1214.35:217:38
1314.25:227:37
1414.25:247:35
1514.15:257:33
1614.15:277:32
1714.05:287:30
1814.05:297:28
1913.95:317:26
2013.95:327:24
2113.85:337:22
2213.85:357:21
2313.75:367:19
2413.75:377:17
2513.65:397:15
2613.55:407:13
2713.55:427:11
2813.45:437:09
2913.45:447:07
3013.35:467:05
3113.35:477:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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125.0Bright
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155.0Bright
164.9Bright
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214.8Bright
224.7Bright
234.7Bright
244.6Bright
254.6Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) in August

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

In August, Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) 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 Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) peaks around July 15 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)?

Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) sits at 47.5°N, 8.8°E, 455 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Winterthur, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2).

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 488 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,309 m.

The land around Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) is covered by trees (43%), cropland (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (45%), cropland (26%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
548 m
80 km
3,309 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Winterthur 4.0 km · Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) 4.0 km · Seen (Kreis 3) 4.0 km · Frauenfeld 11 km · Kloten 16 km · Bülach 17 km · Opfikon 17 km · Dübendorf 17 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 112% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$114,769
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 564
Religion
Roman Catholic 34%none 29%Protestant 23%other Christian 6%

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 Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) (47.5169°, 8.7686°, elevation 455 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).