Venray weather in August

In August, Venray sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 76 mm of rain across 12.5 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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:28 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Venray is village in the municipality Venray, 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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Venray 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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22415
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42415
52415
62415
72415
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292113
302113
312113

How August really feels in Venray

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.

Venray 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 / 6512.51.58.10.3
Feb / 5710.91.89.60.6
Mar10° / 5611.60.811.52.3
Apr15° / 4710.5013.54.2
May18° / 5911.7015.35.6
Jun21° / 12°6611.7016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°7613015.96.3
Aug23° / 14°7612.5014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6110.8012.45.8
Oct15° / 6311.6010.44.1
Nov / 6212.20.48.61.8
Dec / 72131.77.70.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
33961
43961
53961
63862
73862
83763
93763
103664
113565
123565
133565
143466
153466
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173268
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203169
213169
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233268
243268
253268
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283268
293367
303466
313466

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Venray gets around 76 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 (%)
140
240
340
439
539
639
739
840
940
1040
1141
1241
1342
1442
1542
1643
1743
1843
1943
2043
2143
2242
2342
2442
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2641
2740
2840
2939
3039
3138

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13247192
23247192
33346192
43346192
53446192
63545191
73545191
83644191
93643191
103743191
113742201
123841201
133841201
143940201
153939201
164039201
174039201
184138201
194138191
204238191
214337181
224437181
234637171
244736161
254935151
265035141
275234131
285334121
295533111
305732101
315732101

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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1211calm
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3012calm
3112calm

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 5:52 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.35:048:20
215.25:068:18
315.25:078:17
415.15:098:15
515.15:108:13
615.05:128:12
714.95:138:10
814.95:158:08
914.85:178:06
1014.85:188:04
1114.75:208:02
1214.75:218:00
1314.65:237:59
1414.55:257:57
1514.55:267:55
1614.45:287:53
1714.45:297:50
1814.35:317:48
1914.25:337:46
2014.25:347:44
2114.15:367:42
2214.05:387:40
2314.05:397:38
2413.95:417:36
2513.85:437:33
2613.85:447:31
2713.75:467:29
2813.75:477:27
2913.65:497:24
3013.55:517:22
3113.55:527:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.7Bright
94.7Bright
104.6Bright
114.6Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Venray?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Venray for sightseeing.

What to pack for Venray in August

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

In August, Venray sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Venray 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 Venray peaks around July 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Venray?

Venray sits at 51.5°N, 6.0°E, 29 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Gennep, 19 km away.

KevelaerGemertBlerickGochVenloStraelenHelmond

Topography around Venray

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Venray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 578 m.

The land around Venray is covered by cropland (28%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (30%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (31%), grassland (28%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
578 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Gennep 19 km · Kevelaer 20 km · Gemert 20 km · Blerick 21 km · Goch 21 km · Venlo 22 km · Straelen 22 km · Helmond 22 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 Venray (51.525°, 5.975°, elevation 29 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).