Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamberg weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bamberg: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erlangen (35 km away). In August its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Bamberg, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bamberg ranks joint 18th of 120 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Bamberg is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 63 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
Bamberg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 71 | 13.4 | 8.69 h |
| February | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 9.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.1 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 78 | 12.7 | 15.916 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 69 | 11.5 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 64 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 8.28 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
- Erlangen in AugustGermany · 35 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Fürth in AugustGermany · 47 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Bayreuth in AugustGermany · 49 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Nuremberg in AugustGermany · 51 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Würzburg in AugustGermany · 69 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Erfurt in AugustGermany · 120 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Jena in AugustGermany · 125 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Regensburg in AugustGermany · 131 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 84 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 Bamberg) is explained once on the Bamberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.