Climate averages 1991–2020
Larnaca weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Larnaca: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nicosia (37 km away). In August its highs average 35.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Larnaca, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Larnaca ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 34.1°C; Larnaca is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.8 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
Larnaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.9 | 9.910 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
- Nicosia in AugustCyprus · 37 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Limassol in AugustCyprus · 60 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Silifke in AugustTurkey · 164 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AugustSyria · 206 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 206 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 208 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in AugustLebanon · 210 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 210 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 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 Larnaca) is explained once on the Larnaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.