Climate averages 1991–2020
Sassari weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Sassari: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cagliari (173 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Sassari, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Sassari ranks joint 46th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Sassari is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 43 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
Sassari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 12.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.7 | 9.39 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
- Cagliari in AugustItaly · 173 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Fiumicino in AugustItaly · 329 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in AugustItaly · 336 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Antibes in AugustFrance · 339 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Cannes in AugustFrance · 339 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 344 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Livorno in AugustItaly · 346 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Monaco in AugustMonaco · 348 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 21 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 Sassari) is explained once on the Sassari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.