Climate averages 1991–2020
Purmerend weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: one of 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 Purmerend: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately 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 Zaanstad (11 km away). In August its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Purmerend, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Purmerend ranks joint 35th of 44 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 44 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 44 cities is 21.5°C; Purmerend is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 69 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
Purmerend climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 62 | 12.1 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 51 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 45 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 58 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 75 | 13.0 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 79 | 12.7 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 11.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 | 12.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 62 | 13.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 68 | 13.0 | 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
- Zaanstad in AugustThe Netherlands · 11 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Zaandam in AugustThe Netherlands · 12 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Amsterdam in AugustThe Netherlands · 15 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Alkmaar in AugustThe Netherlands · 20 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Almere Stad in AugustThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Amstelveen in AugustThe Netherlands · 24 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Haarlem in AugustThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in AugustThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 20.7°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 Purmerend) is explained once on the Purmerend year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.