Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayreuth weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bayreuth: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Bamberg (49 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bayreuth, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bayreuth ranks joint 42nd of 120 for the warmest August highs and joint 69th of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Bayreuth is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 70 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
Bayreuth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 79 | 13.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 63 | 11.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 71 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 74 | 13.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 82 | 13.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 90 | 13.9 | 15.916 h |
| August, selected | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 79 | 12.5 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 70 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 71 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.4°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 86 | 14.5 | 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
- Bamberg in AugustGermany · 49 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Erlangen in AugustGermany · 57 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Nuremberg in AugustGermany · 66 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Fürth in AugustGermany · 67 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Zwickau in AugustGermany · 108 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Jena in AugustGermany · 109 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Gera in AugustGermany · 110 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Regensburg in AugustGermany · 110 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 Bayreuth) is explained once on the Bayreuth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.