Climate averages 1991–2020
Lugo weather
in August.
A warm, fairly 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 warm month in Lugo: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ourense (79 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lugo, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lugo ranks 86th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 70th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Lugo is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 55 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
Lugo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 107 | 13.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 81 | 10.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 86 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 12.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 25 | 4.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 109 | 12.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 119 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 115 | 12.8 | 9.19 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
- Ourense in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- A Coruña in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 82 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Pontevedra in AugustSpain · 110 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Vigo in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Oviedo in AugustSpain · 144 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Avilés in AugustSpain · 145 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Gijón in AugustSpain · 164 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 72 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 Lugo) is explained once on the Lugo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.