Climate averages 1991–2020
Ourense 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 Ourense: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (65 km away). In August its highs average 25.4°C, 1.7°C cooler than Ourense, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Ourense ranks joint 68th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 67th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Ourense is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 48 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
Ourense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 12.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 77 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 84 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 84 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 72 | 11.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 5.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 114 | 12.3 | 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
- Pontevedra in AugustSpain · 65 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Vigo in AugustSpain · 72 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 82 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Braga in AugustPortugal · 99 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 39 mm rain
- A Coruña in AugustSpain · 123 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Porto in AugustPortugal · 146 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Viseu in AugustPortugal · 186 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 26 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 Ourense) is explained once on the Ourense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.