Climate averages 1991–2020
Magdeburg 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 Magdeburg: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wolfsburg (67 km away). In August its highs average 23.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Magdeburg, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Magdeburg ranks joint 29th of 120 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Magdeburg 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 63 mm to 55 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
Magdeburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 50 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 38 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 57 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 75 | 12.0 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 23.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 11.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 55 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 48 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 10.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 50 | 11.9 | 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
- Wolfsburg in AugustGermany · 67 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in AugustGermany · 76 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Braunschweig in AugustGermany · 77 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Salzgitter in AugustGermany · 83 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Leipzig in AugustGermany · 102 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Potsdam in AugustGermany · 102 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Hildesheim in AugustGermany · 115 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Celle in AugustGermany · 119 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 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 Magdeburg) is explained once on the Magdeburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.