Middelburg weather in August

In August, Middelburg sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 79 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Middelburg's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Middelburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:37 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Middelburg is capital city of Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Density
876/km²
people per km²
Founded
1217

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 21°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Middelburg reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°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 Middelburg

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.

Middelburg weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6612.90.88.10.5
Feb / 5410.819.60.7
Mar / 52110.411.51.8
Apr12° / 449.7013.53.3
May16° / 10°5611.1015.34.6
Jun18° / 13°6010.7016.35.7
Jul20° / 15°7412.1015.96.1
Aug21° / 16°7912.5014.46.1
Sep18° / 14°7311.9012.45.5
Oct14° / 10°8113.5010.43.8
Nov10° / 7914.50.28.62.0
Dec / 8214.20.87.70.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. 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

Middelburg gets around 79 mm of rain over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12151262
22151262
32152252
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:14 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.35:148:29
215.25:158:28
315.25:178:26
415.15:188:24
515.05:208:23
615.05:218:21
714.95:238:19
814.95:258:17
914.85:268:16
1014.85:288:14
1114.75:298:12
1214.65:318:10
1314.65:338:08
1414.55:348:06
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1614.45:378:02
1714.35:398:00
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2713.75:557:38
2813.75:577:36
2913.65:597:34
3013.56:007:32
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.0Bright
304.0Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Middelburg?

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
3.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Middelburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Middelburg in August

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

In August, Middelburg sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Middelburg 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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 6°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
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Middelburg 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 Middelburg peaks around June 21 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Middelburg?

Middelburg sits at 51.5°N, 3.6°E, 8 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Vlissingen, 7.0 km away.

GoesTerneuzenKnokke-HeistMaldegemEekloBlankenberge

Topography around Middelburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Middelburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m.

The land around Middelburg is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (23%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (46%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and water (36%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
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42 m
80 km
157 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Vlissingen 7.0 km · Borssele 12 km · Goes 19 km · Terneuzen 24 km · Knokke-Heist 29 km · Maldegem 35 km · Eeklo 35 km · Blankenberge 39 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 Middelburg (51.5°, 3.6139°, elevation 8 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).