Climate averages 1991–2020
Pforzheim weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the 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 Pforzheim: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 71 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 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karlsruhe (26 km away). In August its highs average 25.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Pforzheim, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Pforzheim ranks joint 13th of 120 for the warmest August highs and joint 42nd of 120 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 120 cities is 22.9°C; Pforzheim is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 64 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
Pforzheim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.6 | 8.79 h |
| February | 6.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 61 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 70 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 54 | 11.1 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 85 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 79 | 12.6 | 15.716 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 71 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 64 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 82 | 14.0 | 8.38 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
- Karlsruhe in AugustGermany · 26 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Ludwigsburg in AugustGermany · 36 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Stuttgart in AugustGermany · 37 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Esslingen in AugustGermany · 47 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Heilbronn in AugustGermany · 47 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Tübingen in AugustGermany · 48 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Reutlingen in AugustGermany · 57 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Heidelberg, Germany in AugustGermany · 58 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 60 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 Pforzheim) is explained once on the Pforzheim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.