Wettingen weather in August

In August, Wettingen sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 131 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Wettingen's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wettingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 131 mm; 15.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 5:28 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Wettingen is Switzerland.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Wettingen 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 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	21	12

How August really feels in Wettingen

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Wettingen 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -1°	77	12.2	5.8	8.7	0.0
Feb	6° / -1°	65	10.5	5	9.9	0.3
Mar	10° / 2°	81	13.1	3.6	11.6	2.2
Apr	14° / 5°	86	13.3	1.5	13.3	3.8
May	18° / 9°	126	16	0	14.9	5.0
Jun	22° / 13°	126	16.6	0	15.7	5.6
Jul	24° / 14°	140	16.1	0	15.4	6.1
Aug	23° / 14°	131	15.6	0	14.1	6.1
Sep	19° / 10°	95	12.5	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	14° / 7°	88	12.4	0.3	10.6	3.7
Nov	8° / 2°	84	11.9	2.6	9.1	1.1
Dec	4° / -0°	92	13.7	5.4	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	49	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	53	52	53	53	53	52	53	52	51	50	50	50	49
Cloudier (%)	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51	50	50	50	49	48	48	48	48	47	48	47	47	47	48	47	48	49	50	50	50	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wettingen gets around 131 mm of rain over 15.6 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 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	46	46	45	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	48
25	48
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	46
30	45
31	45

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 40% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	28	28	29	30	30	31	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	47	49	51	53	55	56	58
Comfortable (%)	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	31	30
Humid (%)	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12
Muggy (%)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	45	26	0
2	28	45	26	1
3	29	45	26	1
4	30	44	26	1
5	30	44	25	1
6	31	43	25	1
7	33	42	25	1
8	34	42	24	1
9	35	41	24	1
10	36	40	24	0
11	36	40	23	0
12	37	39	23	0
13	38	39	22	0
14	39	39	22	0
15	39	39	22	0
16	40	38	21	0
17	41	38	21	0
18	41	38	21	0
19	41	37	21	0
20	42	37	21	0
21	42	37	20	0
22	43	36	20	0
23	44	36	20	0
24	45	35	19	0
25	47	35	18	0
26	49	34	17	0
27	51	33	16	0
28	53	32	15	0
29	55	31	14	0
30	56	31	13	0
31	58	30	12	0

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 5:09 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:05 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:49
Sunset (PM)	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.8	5:09	7:57
2	14.8	5:10	7:56
3	14.7	5:11	7:54
4	14.7	5:12	7:53
5	14.6	5:14	7:51
6	14.6	5:15	7:50
7	14.5	5:16	7:48
8	14.5	5:18	7:47
9	14.4	5:19	7:45
10	14.4	5:20	7:43
11	14.3	5:22	7:42
12	14.3	5:23	7:40
13	14.2	5:24	7:38
14	14.2	5:26	7:37
15	14.1	5:27	7:35
16	14.1	5:28	7:33
17	14.0	5:30	7:31
18	14.0	5:31	7:30
19	13.9	5:32	7:28
20	13.9	5:34	7:26
21	13.8	5:35	7:24
22	13.8	5:37	7:22
23	13.7	5:38	7:20
24	13.7	5:39	7:18
25	13.6	5:41	7:16
26	13.5	5:42	7:15
27	13.5	5:43	7:13
28	13.4	5:45	7:11
29	13.4	5:46	7:09
30	13.3	5:48	7:07
31	13.3	5:49	7:05

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Wettingen?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Wettingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wettingen in August

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

In August, Wettingen sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Wettingen 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 Wettingen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	7	8	7	4	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Wettingen?

Wettingen sits at 47.5°N, 8.3°E, 413 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Baden, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Wettingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wettingen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 503 m around an average of 479 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,023 m.

The land around Wettingen is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

503 m

trees 63%

16 km

544 m

trees 47%

80 km

3,023 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Wettingen year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Baden 2.0 km · Dietikon 9.0 km · Zürich (Kreis 10) 15 km · Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg 15 km · Zürich (Kreis 9) / Altstetten 15 km · Zürich (Kreis 9) 15 km · Zürich (Kreis 11) / Affoltern 15 km · Zürich (Kreis 11) 15 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

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 Wettingen (47.4661°, 8.3266°, elevation 413 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	21	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	48
25	48
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	46
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	45	26	0
2	28	45	26	1
3	29	45	26	1
4	30	44	26	1
5	30	44	25	1
6	31	43	25	1
7	33	42	25	1
8	34	42	24	1
9	35	41	24	1
10	36	40	24	0
11	36	40	23	0
12	37	39	23	0
13	38	39	22	0
14	39	39	22	0
15	39	39	22	0
16	40	38	21	0
17	41	38	21	0
18	41	38	21	0
19	41	37	21	0
20	42	37	21	0
21	42	37	20	0
22	43	36	20	0
23	44	36	20	0
24	45	35	19	0
25	47	35	18	0
26	49	34	17	0
27	51	33	16	0
28	53	32	15	0
29	55	31	14	0
30	56	31	13	0
31	58	30	12	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	21	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	48
25	48
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	46
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	45	26	0
2	28	45	26	1
3	29	45	26	1
4	30	44	26	1
5	30	44	25	1
6	31	43	25	1
7	33	42	25	1
8	34	42	24	1
9	35	41	24	1
10	36	40	24	0
11	36	40	23	0
12	37	39	23	0
13	38	39	22	0
14	39	39	22	0
15	39	39	22	0
16	40	38	21	0
17	41	38	21	0
18	41	38	21	0
19	41	37	21	0
20	42	37	21	0
21	42	37	20	0
22	43	36	20	0
23	44	36	20	0
24	45	35	19	0
25	47	35	18	0
26	49	34	17	0
27	51	33	16	0
28	53	32	15	0
29	55	31	14	0
30	56	31	13	0
31	58	30	12	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	21	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	48
25	48
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	46
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	45	26	0
2	28	45	26	1
3	29	45	26	1
4	30	44	26	1
5	30	44	25	1
6	31	43	25	1
7	33	42	25	1
8	34	42	24	1
9	35	41	24	1
10	36	40	24	0
11	36	40	23	0
12	37	39	23	0
13	38	39	22	0
14	39	39	22	0
15	39	39	22	0
16	40	38	21	0
17	41	38	21	0
18	41	38	21	0
19	41	37	21	0
20	42	37	21	0
21	42	37	20	0
22	43	36	20	0
23	44	36	20	0
24	45	35	19	0
25	47	35	18	0
26	49	34	17	0
27	51	33	16	0
28	53	32	15	0
29	55	31	14	0
30	56	31	13	0
31	58	30	12	0