Climate averages 1991–2020
Brugge weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Brugge: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gent (39 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Brugge, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Brugge ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 22.3°C; Brugge is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brugge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 60 | 12.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 50 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 44 | 10.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 18.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 10.3 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 65 | 11.4 | 16.116 h |
| August, selected | 21.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 71 | 11.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 12.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 70 | 13.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 73 | 13.9 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gent in AugustBelgium · 39 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Kortrijk in AugustBelgium · 42 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Roubaix in AugustFrance · 57 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Dunkirk in AugustFrance · 62 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Aalst in AugustBelgium · 64 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Lille in AugustFrance · 65 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Antwerp in AugustBelgium · 82 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Deurne in AugustBelgium · 86 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 75 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brugge) is explained once on the Brugge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.