Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Groningen (50 km away). In August its highs average 20.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Leeuwarden, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks joint 41st of 44 for the warmest August highs and joint 35th of 44 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 44 cities is 21.5°C; Leeuwarden is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 75 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August, selected | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 7.68 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
- Groningen in AugustThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Zwolle in AugustThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Lelystad in AugustThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Alkmaar in AugustThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Purmerend in AugustThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Almere Stad in AugustThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Zaanstad in AugustThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Zaandam in AugustThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 90 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.