Climate averages 1991–2020
Lelystad weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Lelystad: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almere Stad (23 km away). In August its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Lelystad, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Lelystad ranks joint 30th of 44 for the warmest August highs and joint 37th of 44 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 44 cities is 21.5°C; Lelystad is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 76 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
Lelystad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 58 | 11.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 52 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 67 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 12.7 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 89 | 14.5 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 21.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 90 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 76 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 13.8 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 78 | 13.9 | 7.88 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
- Almere Stad in AugustThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Purmerend in AugustThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Hilversum in AugustThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Amersfoort in AugustThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Zwolle in AugustThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Amsterdam in AugustThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Zaandam in AugustThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Zaanstad in AugustThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.3°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 Lelystad) is explained once on the Lelystad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.