Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In August its highs average 17.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Aberdeen, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 71st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Aberdeen is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 66 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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August, selected | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Edinburgh in AugustUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Glasgow in AugustUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 101 mm rain
- East Kilbride in AugustUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Paisley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 105 mm rain
- South Shields in AugustUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in AugustUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Sunderland in AugustUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 68 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.