Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In August its highs average 15.8°C, 3.4°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 65 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 94 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
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August, selected | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 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
- Aberdeen in AugustUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Bergen in AugustNorway · 671 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Glasgow in AugustUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Paisley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Edinburgh in AugustUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 75 mm rain
- East Kilbride in AugustUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Stavanger in AugustNorway · 762 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 169 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 Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.