Climate averages 1991–2020
Cambridge, United Kingdom weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Cambridge, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stevenage (40 km away). In August its highs average 20.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cambridge, United Kingdom, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Cambridge, United Kingdom ranks joint 1st of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Cambridge, United Kingdom is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 50 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
Cambridge, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 59 | 10.3 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 61 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 50 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 55 | 10.8 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 52 | 11.2 | 7.88 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
- Stevenage in AugustUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Bedford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Harlow in AugustUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Peterborough, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Luton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Chelmsford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 57 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 59 mm rain
- St Albans in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in AugustUnited Kingdom · 62 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 61 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 Cambridge) is explained once on the Cambridge, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.