Climate averages 1991–2020
Vigo 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 Vigo: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (23 km away). In August its highs average 25.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Vigo, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks 84th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 81st of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Vigo is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 88 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
Vigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 221 | 14.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 149 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 158 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 152 | 13.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 49 | 6.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 214 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 235 | 15.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 224 | 15.0 | 9.29 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 · 23 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Ourense in AugustSpain · 72 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Braga in AugustPortugal · 80 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Porto in AugustPortugal · 121 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- A Coruña in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Aveiro in AugustPortugal · 177 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 Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.