Harlingen weather in August

In August, Harlingen sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 101 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Harlingen's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harlingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
101 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:25 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover
60%
4th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Harlingen is town in Friesland, the Netherlands.

Density
644/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Harlingen reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Harlingen

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.

Harlingen weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 731417.90.2
Feb / 5411.31.49.40.1
Mar / 5111.20.711.50.9
Apr10° / 408.9013.62.4
May13° / 10°5710.4015.63.9
Jun16° / 13°6711.5016.64.9
Jul19° / 16°8412.5016.25.8
Aug19° / 16°10114014.55.6
Sep17° / 14°9213.4012.44.9
Oct13° / 11°9614.9010.33.3
Nov10° / 8715.80.18.41.7
Dec / 8615.10.97.40.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Harlingen gets around 101 mm of rain over 14 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12146294
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Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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 30 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 7:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.55:008:29
215.45:028:27
315.45:038:25
415.35:058:23
515.25:078:22
615.25:088:20
715.15:108:18
815.15:128:16
915.05:138:14
1014.95:158:12
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1314.85:208:06
1414.75:228:04
1514.65:248:02
1614.65:257:59
1714.55:277:57
1814.45:297:55
1914.45:317:53
2014.35:327:51
2114.25:347:48
2214.25:367:46
2314.15:387:44
2414.05:407:41
2514.05:417:39
2613.95:437:37
2713.85:457:34
2813.85:477:32
2913.75:487:30
3013.65:507:27
3113.55:527:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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234.3Bright
244.2Bright
254.2Bright
264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Harlingen?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Harlingen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harlingen in August

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

In August, Harlingen sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Harlingen in August

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Harlingen 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 Harlingen peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Harlingen?

Harlingen sits at 53.2°N, 5.4°E, 3 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Sneek, 22 km away.

SneekLeeuwardenHeerenveenDrachtenMedemblikDen HelderEnkhuizenJulianadorp

Topography around Harlingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harlingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m.

The land around Harlingen is covered by water (47%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (55%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and water (54%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
17 m
80 km
65 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Sneek 22 km · Leeuwarden 26 km · Heerenveen 41 km · Drachten 46 km · Medemblik 50 km · Den Helder 50 km · Enkhuizen 53 km · Julianadorp 56 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 Harlingen (53.1748°, 5.4224°, elevation 3 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).