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Bern in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Bern is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 27 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Bern is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
14h 08mon average

Is August a good time to visit Bern?

Yes. August is one of Bern's best months (June to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in August, against 42°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in August, against 6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in August, against 43% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in August, against 43% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

14h 08m in August, against 8h 35m to 15h 49m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July74°23°low 54°low 12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August75°24°low 55°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September68°20°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Bern sits, in August

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:26 AMsets 8:44 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Interlaken42 km south-east

The land around Bern, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Switzerland in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Bern

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bern. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (663 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (663 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.