Climate averages 1991–2020
Victoria weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Victoria: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Bellingham (73 km away). In August its highs average 21.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Victoria, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Victoria ranks 85th of 86 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Victoria is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Victoria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 146 | 16.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 7.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 89 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 53 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 14.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 16.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 19.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 14 | 3.1 | 15.716 h |
| August, selected | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 22 | 3.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 39 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 153 | 16.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 138 | 16.2 | 8.48 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Bellingham in AugustUnited States · 73 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Delta in AugustCanada · 76 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Surrey in AugustCanada · 84 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Langley in AugustCanada · 90 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 49 mm rain
- New Westminster in AugustCanada · 92 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Nanaimo in AugustCanada · 92 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Vancouver in AugustCanada · 92 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Burnaby in AugustCanada · 97 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 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 Victoria) is explained once on the Victoria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.