Climate averages 1991–2020
Prešov 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 Prešov: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Košice (32 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Prešov, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Prešov ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 24.8°C; Prešov is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 65 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
Prešov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 29 | 7.3 | 8.79 h |
| February | 3.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 37 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 53 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 84 | 13.7 | 15.315 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 84 | 12.7 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 108 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 73 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 42 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.38 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
- Košice in AugustSlovakia · 32 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in AugustPoland · 79 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in AugustUkraine · 88 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Miskolc in AugustHungary · 105 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Tarnów in AugustPoland · 114 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in AugustHungary · 121 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Mukachevo in AugustUkraine · 125 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Rzeszów in AugustPoland · 128 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 71 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 Prešov) is explained once on the Prešov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.