Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in August.
A very 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 very hot month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In August its highs average 33.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Nicosia, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 34.1°C; Nicosia is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.7 mm to 11 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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 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 · 37 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Limassol in AugustCyprus · 62 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Silifke in AugustTurkey · 144 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Alanya in AugustTurkey · 195 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Mersin in AugustTurkey · 216 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Karaman in AugustTurkey · 224 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 225 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AugustSyria · 233 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.4 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.