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Geneva in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Geneva is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 24 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Geneva is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
14h 05mon average

Is August a good time to visit Geneva?

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

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 79°F in August, against 44°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 7°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in August, against 40% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in August, against 40% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

14h 05m in August, against 8h 40m to 15h 43m 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. July78°26°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August79°26°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September72°22°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Geneva sits, in August

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:33 AMsets 8:47 PM
Above the sea
410 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Le Brassus43 km north

The land around Geneva, 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 Geneva

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Geneva. 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 (410 m) against the climate model's (541 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 (410 m) against the climate model's (541 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.