mysql table unaligned in console output when using UTF8 - utf-8

Question

I like to use mysql client. But when using UTF-8, the tables on the console are unaligned:
> set names utf8;
> [some query]
+--------+---------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------+---------+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
| RuleId | TaxonId | Note | NoteSci | MinCount | DayFrom | MonthFrom | DayTo | MonthTo | ExtraNote |
+--------+---------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------+---------+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
| 722 | 10090 | sedmihlásek malý | Hippolais caligata | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 727 | 10059 | Anseranas semipalmata | husovec strakatý | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 728 | 10062 | Cygnus atratus | labuť černá | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 729 | 10094 | Anser cygnoides | husa labutí | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 730 | 10063 | Tadorna cana | husice šedohlavá | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 731 | 10031 | Cairina moschata f. domestica | pižmovka domácí | 20 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 732 | 10088 | Cairina scutulata | pižmovka bělokřídlá | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 733 | 10087 | Anas sibilatrix | hvízdák chilský | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 734 | 10077 | Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica | kachna domácí | 1000 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
| 735 | 10086 | Anas hottentota | čírka hottentotská | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | NULL |
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This is apparently because mysql client will compute the widths of the columns using string length which doesn't take UTF-8 characters into account - so then there is exactly one space missing for each accented character (because these actually take two bytes).
Do you know possible workaround for this problem?

Answer 1

Run your mysql client with charset option:
mysql -uUSER -p DATABASE --default-character-set=utf8
(USER and DATABASE should be replaced with actual credentials data)