Ostrava weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Ostrava is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with September and June close behind. Ostrava averages about 1,541 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

1,541

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

73/100

Rain / year

818 mm

Snow / year

≈1.4 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

479k

Elevation

250 m

When is the best time to visit Ostrava?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ostrava is August, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ostrava?

Ostrava isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,541 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate August (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 6 destinations in Czechia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,539 hours. The year's 818 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Katowice Poland · 111 km · best in Sep · 1,606 h sun/yr
• Brno Czechia · 119 km · best in Sep · 1,643 h sun/yr
• Kraków Poland · 127 km · best in Aug · 1,604 h sun/yr
• Wrocław Poland · 179 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
• Bratislava Slovakia · 182 km · best in Sep · 1,795 h sun/yr
• Vienna Austria · 209 km · best in May · 1,794 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Sliač Slovakia · 139 km · 1,759 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Poprad Slovakia · 169 km · 1,615 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Pardubice Czechia · 174 km · 1,536 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Ostrava compares month by month: Ostrava vs Katowice · Ostrava vs Kraków · Ostrava vs Wrocław · Ostrava vs Brno · all comparisons