Munich in August
In August, Munich has 116.5 mm (4.59 in) of rain, a daily high of 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) and a daily low of 14.5 °C (58.1 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Munich: August meets our rule. Expect 11.4 rain days, 4.4 days of 30 °C or more and days that shorten by 1 h 34 min.
What August is like in Munich
- Folk singers and bands play for free at the Viktualienmarkt on a Friday in early August. Flowers deck the statues on the fountains there. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
- From the Olympiaberg, the view sweeps over the Olympic Park, its lake and the city as the sun goes down. By mid-August it sets at about half past eight. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
- Swimmers let the Isar carry them downstream from the Flaucher footbridge, then walk back. People mostly bathe in the river from May to September. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
Key figures
Weather in August, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 24.7 °C (76.5 °F)
- Daily low
- 14.5 °C (58.1 °F)
- Rain
- 116.5 mm (4.59 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- 232.1 h in the month
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by DWD and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: München-Stadt, 3.7 km from the city centre point.
Daylight on 15 August 2026
- Sunrise
- 06:08 local time
- Sunset
- 20:27 local time
- Day length
- 14 h 19 min
Day length 1-31 August: 15 h 01 min to 13 h 27 min, -1 h 34 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | August | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 24.7 °C | 2nd warmest |
| Daily low | 14.5 °C | 2nd warmest |
| Rain | 116.5 mm | 3rd wettest |
| Sunshine | 232.1 hours | 2nd sunniest |
| Day length | 14 h 19 min | 4th longest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Sunshine share: 52% of the 442.2 hours from sunrise to sunset in August. How we compute sunshine share
Munich in August, on average: 11.4 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.0 frost days (low below 0 °C), 4.4 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Assumption Day statistik.bayern.de |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Sunday | Assumption Day statistik.bayern.de |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (stmi.bayern.de), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Munich is warmer than 3 of our 20 cities in August by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in August: Berlin (0.2 °C apart), London (0.8), Prague (0.9).
| City | Gap from Munich, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munich (this page) | — | 24.7 | 14.5 | 116.5 | 232.1 |
| Berlin (closest) | 0.2 | 24.9 | 14.7 | 58.1 | 221.3 |
| London (closest) | 0.8 | 23.3 | 14.6 | 54.9 | no data |
| Prague (closest) | 0.9 | 25.7 | 13.8 | 76.2 | 230.4 |
| Paris | 1.2 | 25.6 | 16.0 | 58.0 | 215.0 |
| Vienna | 1.3 | 26.1 | 15.6 | 69.1 | 266.3 |
| Amsterdam | 1.7 | 22.4 | 13.4 | 98.6 | 203.5 |
| Chicago | 3.7 | 28.1 | 18.4 | 108.0 | no data |
| Los Angeles | 4.2 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 0.0 | no data |
| New York | 4.9 | 28.5 | 20.5 | 115.8 | no data |
| Rome | 6.1 | 31.6 | 19.8 | no data | no data |
| Buenos Aires | 6.2 | 17.9 | 8.9 | 70.3 | 171.6 |
| Barcelona | 6.3 | 29.7 | 22.1 | 51.2 | 258.2 |
| Madrid | 6.4 | 32.6 | 19.3 | 10.4 | no data |
| Tokyo | 7.8 | 31.3 | 23.5 | 154.7 | 174.2 |
| Seville | 8.5 | 35.6 | 20.6 | 2.5 | 364.3 |
| Singapore | 8.8 | 31.4 | 25.3 | 146.9 | no data |
| Hiroshima | 9.4 | 32.8 | 25.1 | 131.4 | 207.3 |
| Hong Kong | 9.4 | 31.3 | 26.7 | 453.2 | 182.1 |
| Osaka | 10.2 | 33.7 | 25.8 | 113.0 | 222.4 |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Munich in August: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/germany/munich/august/. Last updated 5 November 2026.