Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, United Kingdom weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Dundee, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edinburgh (59 km away). In August its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Dundee, United Kingdom, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Dundee, United Kingdom ranks joint 137th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 110th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Dundee, United Kingdom is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 61 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
Dundee, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 78 | 13.7 | 7.68 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.8 | 9.59 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 11.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 64 | 13.1 | 16.416 h |
| June | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 13.1 | 17.618 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 14.0 | 17.117 h |
| August, selected | 17.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 76 | 13.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 89 | 12.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 78 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 74 | 12.4 | 7.07 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
- Edinburgh in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Aberdeen in AugustUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Glasgow in AugustUnited Kingdom · 104 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 101 mm rain
- East Kilbride in AugustUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Paisley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Carlisle in AugustUnited Kingdom · 175 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in AugustUnited Kingdom · 187 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 68 mm rain
- South Shields in AugustUnited Kingdom · 190 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.