Heerlen weather in August

In August, Heerlen sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 14.3 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 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Heerlen's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Heerlen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:30 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Heerlen is town in the Netherlands.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Heerlen 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	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	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	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

How August really feels in Heerlen

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.

Heerlen 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 1°	63	12.5	1.6	8.2	0.2
Feb	7° / 1°	57	11.3	2.8	9.7	0.6
Mar	10° / 3°	57	12.5	1	11.5	2.3
Apr	14° / 6°	44	10.2	0.1	13.5	4.2
May	18° / 9°	53	11.4	0	15.3	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	63	11.6	0	16.2	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	70	12.6	0	15.8	6.4
Aug	23° / 14°	67	11.2	0	14.3	6.5
Sep	19° / 11°	57	10.1	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	15° / 8°	59	11	0	10.4	4.1
Nov	9° / 5°	61	12.4	0.5	8.7	1.8
Dec	6° / 2°	72	13.7	2.3	7.8	0.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	41	41	40	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	32	32	33	34	34
Cloudier (%)	59	59	60	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	68	68	67	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Heerlen gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34
31	33

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 46% 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 (%)	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	46	48	49	50	51	53	55	56	57	59	61	63
Comfortable (%)	45	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	28
Humid (%)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	46	16	1
3	37	46	15	1
4	38	46	15	1
5	38	47	15	1
6	38	46	14	1
7	39	46	14	1
8	39	46	14	1
9	39	46	14	1
10	40	45	15	1
11	40	44	15	0
12	41	44	15	0
13	41	43	15	0
14	42	42	16	0
15	43	41	16	0
16	43	40	16	0
17	44	40	16	0
18	45	39	16	0
19	46	38	16	0
20	46	37	16	0
21	48	37	15	1
22	49	36	15	1
23	50	35	14	1
24	51	34	14	1
25	53	33	13	1
26	55	32	12	1
27	56	31	12	1
28	57	31	11	1
29	59	30	10	1
30	61	29	9	1
31	63	28	9	0

Wind in August

Winds average 11 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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 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 5:07 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 8:18 PM to 7:19 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)	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:36	5:37	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53
Sunset (PM)	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:23	7:21	7:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	5:07	8:18
2	15.1	5:08	8:16
3	15.1	5:10	8:14
4	15.0	5:11	8:13
5	15.0	5:13	8:11
6	14.9	5:14	8:09
7	14.9	5:16	8:08
8	14.8	5:17	8:06
9	14.8	5:19	8:04
10	14.7	5:20	8:02
11	14.6	5:22	8:00
12	14.6	5:23	7:59
13	14.5	5:25	7:57
14	14.5	5:26	7:55
15	14.4	5:28	7:53
16	14.4	5:30	7:51
17	14.3	5:31	7:49
18	14.2	5:33	7:47
19	14.2	5:34	7:45
20	14.1	5:36	7:43
21	14.1	5:37	7:41
22	14.0	5:39	7:39
23	13.9	5:41	7:36
24	13.9	5:42	7:34
25	13.8	5:44	7:32
26	13.7	5:45	7:30
27	13.7	5:47	7:28
28	13.6	5:49	7:26
29	13.6	5:50	7:23
30	13.5	5:52	7:21
31	13.4	5:53	7:19

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.41 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)	5.0	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	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Heerlen?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Heerlen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Heerlen in August

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

In August, Heerlen sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Heerlen 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 Heerlen peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	6	6	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Heerlen?

Heerlen sits at 50.9°N, 6.0°E, 114 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Hoensbroek, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Heerlen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Heerlen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m.

The land around Heerlen is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), trees (27%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

333 m

cropland 32%

80 km

1,001 m

trees 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Hoensbroek 6.0 km · Kerkrade 6.0 km · Brunssum 7.0 km · Herzogenrath 8.0 km · Übach-Palenberg 11 km · Alsdorf 13 km · Würselen 13 km · Geilenkirchen 13 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

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 Heerlen (50.8837°, 5.9815°, elevation 114 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	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	46	16	1
3	37	46	15	1
4	38	46	15	1
5	38	47	15	1
6	38	46	14	1
7	39	46	14	1
8	39	46	14	1
9	39	46	14	1
10	40	45	15	1
11	40	44	15	0
12	41	44	15	0
13	41	43	15	0
14	42	42	16	0
15	43	41	16	0
16	43	40	16	0
17	44	40	16	0
18	45	39	16	0
19	46	38	16	0
20	46	37	16	0
21	48	37	15	1
22	49	36	15	1
23	50	35	14	1
24	51	34	14	1
25	53	33	13	1
26	55	32	12	1
27	56	31	12	1
28	57	31	11	1
29	59	30	10	1
30	61	29	9	1
31	63	28	9	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	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	46	16	1
3	37	46	15	1
4	38	46	15	1
5	38	47	15	1
6	38	46	14	1
7	39	46	14	1
8	39	46	14	1
9	39	46	14	1
10	40	45	15	1
11	40	44	15	0
12	41	44	15	0
13	41	43	15	0
14	42	42	16	0
15	43	41	16	0
16	43	40	16	0
17	44	40	16	0
18	45	39	16	0
19	46	38	16	0
20	46	37	16	0
21	48	37	15	1
22	49	36	15	1
23	50	35	14	1
24	51	34	14	1
25	53	33	13	1
26	55	32	12	1
27	56	31	12	1
28	57	31	11	1
29	59	30	10	1
30	61	29	9	1
31	63	28	9	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	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	46	16	1
3	37	46	15	1
4	38	46	15	1
5	38	47	15	1
6	38	46	14	1
7	39	46	14	1
8	39	46	14	1
9	39	46	14	1
10	40	45	15	1
11	40	44	15	0
12	41	44	15	0
13	41	43	15	0
14	42	42	16	0
15	43	41	16	0
16	43	40	16	0
17	44	40	16	0
18	45	39	16	0
19	46	38	16	0
20	46	37	16	0
21	48	37	15	1
22	49	36	15	1
23	50	35	14	1
24	51	34	14	1
25	53	33	13	1
26	55	32	12	1
27	56	31	12	1
28	57	31	11	1
29	59	30	10	1
30	61	29	9	1
31	63	28	9	0