Brussels in August

Warm; some restaurants close for holidays.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

August is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• MayGreatMild and green; good month.
• JuneGreatWarm, long days.
• JulyGreatWarm; Jul 21 national day events.
• SeptemberGoodMild; good walking.

• BrusselsHighs around 23 °C (73 °F), lows around 14 °C (57 °F), rain on about 13 daysHighs around 73 °F (23 °C), lows around 57 °F (14 °C), rain on about 13 days
• Flanders, Brussels and the coast, Belgium · Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Ostendbest weather

  Mild, cloudy and damp; summers around 22–25 °C (72–77 °F) with occasional heatwaves. December Christmas markets offset dark afternoons.Mild, cloudy and damp; summers around 72–77 °F (22–25 °C) with occasional heatwaves. December Christmas markets offset dark afternoons.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Meyboom check

  9 August · Near the Grand-Place

  A centuries-old tradition of planting a tree; small local celebration, minor street closures.

• Flower Carpet on the Grand-Place

  Mid-August, every even-numbered year · Grand-Place

  The square is covered in begonias and closed to crossing traffic for a weekend; hotels sell out.

Crowds · Belgium overall

High

Prices · Belgium overall

Medium

Belgium overall: Brussels Flower Carpet on the Grand-Place in even years (next 2028); Brussels hotels cheap without EU business.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Brussels, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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