Climate averages 1991–2020
Košice weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Košice: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prešov (32 km away). In August its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Košice, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Košice ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 24.8°C; Košice is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Košice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 14.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Prešov in AugustSlovakia · 32 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Miskolc in AugustHungary · 77 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in AugustUkraine · 77 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in AugustHungary · 91 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in AugustPoland · 109 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Mukachevo in AugustUkraine · 112 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Debrecen in AugustHungary · 134 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Tarnów in AugustPoland · 146 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 70 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 Košice) is explained once on the Košice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.