Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, 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 Peterborough, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 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 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cambridge, United Kingdom (48 km away). In August its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Peterborough, United Kingdom, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Peterborough, United Kingdom ranks joint 13th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 57th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Peterborough, United Kingdom is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 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
Peterborough, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 49 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 63 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 10.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 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
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Bedford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Northampton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 56 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Leicester in AugustUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in AugustUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Rugby in AugustUnited Kingdom · 72 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Nottingham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 74 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Stevenage in AugustUnited Kingdom · 75 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 62 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 Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.