Korrewegwijk weather in August

In August, Korrewegwijk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 83 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Korrewegwijk's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Korrewegwijk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:21 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
66%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Korrewegwijk is neighborhood in the municipality of Groningen, the 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 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Korrewegwijk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Korrewegwijk

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.

Korrewegwijk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.61.47.90.0
Feb / 4910.41.99.40.3
Mar / 4910.90.711.51.7
Apr13° / 4810.8013.63.5
May16° / 6011.8015.64.9
Jun19° / 11°7412.2016.65.6
Jul21° / 13°8714.3016.25.8
Aug21° / 13°8314014.65.8
Sep18° / 11°6812.1012.45.3
Oct14° / 6312.5010.33.6
Nov / 5712.30.18.41.5
Dec / 6312.41.67.40.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54060
64060
74060
83961
93961
103961
113763
123763
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Korrewegwijk gets around 83 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
643
744
844
944
1044
1145
1245
1345
1446
1546
1646
1746
1846
1947
2047
2147
2247
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2646
2746
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3045
3144

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 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12749213
22749213
32848213
42947212
53046212
63145222
73245222
83344222
93343222
103442222
113541222
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203940192
214040182
224139182
234239172
244439162
254538152
264737142
274937132
285136121
295236111
305435101
31553591

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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914light breeze
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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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:55 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 7:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:558:24
215.44:578:23
315.44:588:21
415.35:008:19
515.35:028:17
615.25:038:15
715.15:058:13
815.15:078:11
915.05:098:09
1015.05:108:07
1114.95:128:05
1214.85:148:03
1314.85:158:01
1414.75:177:59
1514.65:197:57
1614.65:217:55
1714.55:227:53
1814.45:247:51
1914.45:267:48
2014.35:287:46
2114.25:297:44
2214.25:317:42
2314.15:337:39
2414.05:357:37
2514.05:377:35
2613.95:387:32
2713.85:407:30
2813.85:427:28
2913.75:447:25
3013.65:457:23
3113.65:477:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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35.1Bright
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55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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84.9Bright
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154.5Bright
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204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.2Bright
234.1Bright
244.1Bright
254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Korrewegwijk?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Korrewegwijk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Korrewegwijk in August

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

In August, Korrewegwijk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Korrewegwijk 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 at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Korrewegwijk 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 Korrewegwijk peaks around June 21 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 21UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Korrewegwijk?

Korrewegwijk sits at 53.2°N, 6.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Groningen, 1.0 km away.

VeendamDelfzijlAssenWinschotenDrachten

Topography around Korrewegwijk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Korrewegwijk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m.

The land around Korrewegwijk is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (29%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), water (30%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
33 m
80 km
93 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Groningen 1.0 km · Leek 15 km · Hoogezand 15 km · Veendam 25 km · Delfzijl 26 km · Assen 26 km · Winschoten 33 km · Drachten 34 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 Korrewegwijk (53.2323°, 6.568°, elevation 0 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).