Climate averages 1991–2020
Saguenay weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Saguenay: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Québec (179 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Saguenay, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 78th of 86 for the warmest August highs and 85th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Saguenay is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saguenay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 66 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -7.9°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | -1.4°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 70 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 100 | 12.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 131 | 15.4 | 15.716 h |
| August, selected | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 119 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 127 | 13.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 119 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 95 | 14.2 | 9.39 h |
| December | -5.6°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 80 | 13.4 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Québec in AugustCanada · 179 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in AugustCanada · 256 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Sherbrooke in AugustCanada · 341 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 123 mm rain
- Repentigny in AugustCanada · 348 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Terrebonne in AugustCanada · 360 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in AugustCanada · 365 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in AugustCanada · 368 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Longueuil in AugustCanada · 371 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.