Ede weather in August

In August, Ede sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 79 mm of rain across 13 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 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
5:28 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Ede is village in Ede, Netherlands.

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 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ede reaches about 22°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22314
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62314
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302113
312012

How August really feels in Ede

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.

Ede 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 / 6712.81.48.10.2
Feb / 5811.21.89.60.5
Mar10° / 5911.80.811.52.1
Apr14° / 4910.7013.64.0
May18° / 6111.8015.45.4
Jun20° / 12°6611.8016.45.9
Jul23° / 14°8013.70166.1
Aug22° / 14°7913014.46.1
Sep19° / 11°6211.2012.45.6
Oct14° / 6511.6010.43.9
Nov / 6212.30.48.61.7
Dec / 7313.31.97.60.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
53961
63961
73961
83961
93763
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113763
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ede gets around 79 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
342
442
542
643
743
843
943
1043
1144
1244
1344
1444
1544
1644
1744
1844
1944
2043
2143
2243
2342
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2641
2740
2840
2939
3039
3138

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 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12948203
22948203
33047203
43047202
53147202
63246202
73246202
83345202
93345202
103344202
113444202
123443202
133543203
143542203
153642203
163642193
173742193
183742193
193841183
203941182
214041172
224140162
234240162
244439152
254638142
264737142
274937131
285136121
295235121
305434111
315434111

Wind in August

Winds average 12 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
111calm
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311calm
412calm
512calm
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712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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1712calm
1812light breeze
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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 5:04 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.35:048:23
215.35:058:22
315.25:078:20
415.25:088:18
515.15:108:16
615.15:118:15
715.05:138:13
814.95:158:11
914.95:168:09
1014.85:188:07
1114.85:198:05
1214.75:218:03
1314.65:238:01
1414.65:247:59
1514.55:267:57
1614.55:287:55
1714.45:297:53
1814.35:317:51
1914.35:337:49
2014.25:347:47
2114.15:367:45
2214.15:387:42
2314.05:397:40
2413.95:417:38
2513.95:437:36
2613.85:447:33
2713.85:467:31
2813.75:487:29
2913.65:497:27
3013.65:517:24
3113.55:537:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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54.8Bright
64.7Bright
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84.6Bright
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104.5Bright
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124.4Bright
134.4Bright
144.3Bright
154.3Bright
164.3Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.1Bright
204.1Bright
214.0Bright
224.0Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ede?

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
4.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Ede for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ede in August

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

In August, Ede sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ede 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 Ede peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ede?

Ede sits at 52.0°N, 5.7°E, 20 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Bennekom, 4.0 km away.

ElstArnhemLeusden

Topography around Ede

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ede has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m.

The land around Ede is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
93 m
80 km
139 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bennekom 4.0 km · Veenendaal 7.0 km · Wageningen 7.0 km · Rhenen 10 km · Barneveld 13 km · Elst 18 km · Arnhem 18 km · Leusden 19 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 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 Ede (52.0333°, 5.6583°, elevation 20 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).