Gent, Flanders, Belgium climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Gent, Flanders, Belgium, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is August, averaging a high of 23°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of 1°C.
Ghent is a city and a municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Gent, Flanders, Belgium's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Gent average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Gent, Flanders, Belgium, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | 1°C | 3 mm |
| February | 7°C | 1°C | 3 mm |
| March | 10°C | 4°C | 3 mm |
| April | 14°C | 5°C | 3 mm |
| May | 18°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| June | 20°C | 12°C | 3 mm |
| July | 22°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| August | 23°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| September | 19°C | 12°C | 3 mm |
| October | 15°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| November | 10°C | 5°C | 3 mm |
| December | 7°C | 3°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 39°C on 2019-07-25
- Coldest day on record: -16°C on 1985-01-17
Percentiles compare each day to Gent, Flanders, Belgium's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →