Climate averages 1991–2020
Limassol weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Limassol: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (60 km away). In August its highs average 33.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Limassol, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Limassol ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 34.1°C; Limassol is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 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
Limassol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 51 | 8.0 | 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
- Larnaca in AugustCyprus · 60 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Nicosia in AugustCyprus · 62 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Silifke in AugustTurkey · 205 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Alanya in AugustTurkey · 227 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 243 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sidon in AugustLebanon · 249 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 249 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Tyre in AugustLebanon · 253 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 1.6 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 Limassol) is explained once on the Limassol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.