Climate averages 1991–2020
Berlin weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Berlin: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potsdam (27 km away). In August its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Berlin, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Berlin ranks joint 18th of 120 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Berlin is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 51 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
Berlin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 49 | 11.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 37 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 47 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 37 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 57 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 77 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 57 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 9.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.2 | 7.88 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
- Potsdam in AugustGermany · 27 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Cottbus in AugustGermany · 106 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in AugustPoland · 125 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Szczecin in AugustPoland · 126 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Magdeburg in AugustGermany · 129 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Stargard in AugustPoland · 142 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Leipzig in AugustGermany · 150 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in AugustGermany · 152 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 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 Berlin) is explained once on the Berlin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.