Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, United Kingdom weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Hastings, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eastbourne (23 km away). In August its highs average 19.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Hastings, United Kingdom, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Hastings, United Kingdom ranks joint 54th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Hastings, United Kingdom is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 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
Hastings, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 48 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.515 h |
| June | 17.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 19.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.6 | 16.016 h |
| August, selected | 20.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 112 | 14.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 120 | 15.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 14.3 | 8.08 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
- Eastbourne in AugustUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Maidstone in AugustUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Brighton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Hove in AugustUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Gillingham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Crawley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 61 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Worthing in AugustUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Grays in AugustUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.