When to go · Brussels
Brussels in August
Mixed month. Warm; some restaurants close for holidays.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 23° / 14°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 13
- Crowds
- High
- Belgium overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Belgium overall
Verdict
Warm; some restaurants close for holidays.
Weather in August
- BrusselsHighs around 23 °C, lows around 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 with occasional heatwaves. December Christmas markets offset dark afternoons.
Summer season
Warm without being hot; Ommegang, National Day and outdoor terraces.
Watch: Some restaurants close for a few weeks around August for holidays.
Festivals and holidays
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 and prices
- 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.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast