Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Gijón: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (21 km away). In August its highs average 21.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gijón, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks 91st of 93 for the warmest August highs and 89th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Gijón is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 81 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in AugustSpain · 21 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Oviedo in AugustSpain · 24 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 90 mm rain
- León, Spain in AugustSpain · 104 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Santander in AugustSpain · 150 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 164 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Palencia in AugustSpain · 193 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Burgos in AugustSpain · 208 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Barakaldo in AugustSpain · 218 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 55 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.