Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Žilina: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In August its highs average 23.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Žilina, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 24.8°C; Žilina is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 83 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
Žilina 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 | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August, selected | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 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
- Banská Bystrica in AugustSlovakia · 62 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Havířov in AugustCzechia · 66 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in AugustPoland · 70 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Ostrava in AugustCzechia · 76 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Zlín in AugustCzechia · 78 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in AugustPoland · 82 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Rybnik in AugustPoland · 98 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Tychy in AugustPoland · 103 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.3°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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.