Climate averages 1991–2020
Pécs weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the 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 Pécs: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osijek (69 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Pécs, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Pécs ranks joint 5th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 27.1°C; Pécs is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 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
Pécs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 74 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| August, selected | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 64 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Osijek in AugustCroatia · 69 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Subotica in AugustSerbia · 111 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in AugustHungary · 125 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Kecskemét in AugustHungary · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Szeged in AugustHungary · 149 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Novi Sad in AugustSerbia · 155 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Banja Luka in AugustBosnia and Herzegovina · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Budapest in AugustHungary · 170 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 58 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 Pécs) is explained once on the Pécs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.