Climate averages 1991–2020
Utrecht weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Utrecht: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hilversum (15 km away). In August its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Utrecht, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Utrecht ranks joint 23rd of 44 for the warmest August highs and joint 14th of 44 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 44 cities is 21.5°C; Utrecht is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 65 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
Utrecht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 63 | 12.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 54 | 10.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 55 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 60 | 11.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 64 | 11.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 80 | 13.8 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 78 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 64 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 62 | 12.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 70 | 13.1 | 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
- Hilversum in AugustThe Netherlands · 15 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Amersfoort in AugustThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Amstelveen in AugustThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Gouda in AugustThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Almere Stad in AugustThe Netherlands · 32 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Alphen aan den Rijn in AugustThe Netherlands · 32 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Amsterdam in AugustThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in AugustThe Netherlands · 38 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 Utrecht) is explained once on the Utrecht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.