Climate averages 1991–2020
Halle (Saale) weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Halle (Saale): daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leipzig (31 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Halle (Saale), with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Halle (Saale) ranks joint 29th of 120 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Halle (Saale) is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Halle (Saale) climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 42 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 5.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 32 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 42 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 34 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 15.616 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 16.517 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 66 | 11.1 | 16.116 h |
| August, selected | 23.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 10.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 50 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 10.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 11.7 | 7.98 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
- Leipzig in AugustGermany · 31 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Jena in AugustGermany · 67 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Gera in AugustGermany · 67 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Magdeburg in AugustGermany · 76 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Erfurt in AugustGermany · 86 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Zwickau in AugustGermany · 91 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Chemnitz in AugustGermany · 98 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Potsdam in AugustGermany · 126 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 59 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 Halle (Saale)) is explained once on the Halle (Saale) year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.