Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontevedra weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Pontevedra: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet 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 Vigo (23 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Pontevedra, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pontevedra ranks 76th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 80th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Pontevedra is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 84 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
Pontevedra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 197 | 14.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 141 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 137 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 114 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 57 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 199 | 13.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 204 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 198 | 14.5 | 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
- Vigo in AugustSpain · 23 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 51 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Ourense in AugustSpain · 65 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Braga in AugustPortugal · 100 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 39 mm rain
- A Coruña in AugustSpain · 107 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 110 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Porto in AugustPortugal · 143 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Aveiro in AugustPortugal · 199 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 17 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 Pontevedra) is explained once on the Pontevedra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.