Climate averages 1991–2020

Plymouth weather
in August.

A mild, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.4°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 14.1°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 69 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a mild month in Plymouth: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Exeter (59 km away). In August its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Plymouth, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Plymouth ranks joint 92nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 96th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Plymouth is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 61 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Plymouth climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Plymouth, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.7°C4.9°C	4.9°C	102	15.5	8.69 h
February	8.7°C4.4°C	4.4°C	77	12.0	10.010 h
March	10.2°C5.2°C	5.2°C	67	11.9	11.812 h
April	12.3°C6.5°C	6.5°C	63	11.5	13.814 h
May	15.0°C9.2°C	9.2°C	61	10.7	15.415 h
June	17.6°C11.9°C	11.9°C	61	10.6	16.316 h
July	19.4°C13.9°C	13.9°C	61	10.5	16.016 h
August, selected	19.4°C14.1°C	14.1°C	69	11.2	14.515 h
September	17.4°C12.5°C	12.5°C	61	10.3	12.713 h
October	14.4°C10.3°C	10.3°C	104	14.5	10.811 h
November	11.3°C7.6°C	7.6°C	112	15.4	9.19 h
December	9.3°C5.6°C	5.6°C	109	15.1	8.18 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

Distance from Plymouth

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Plymouth) is explained once on the Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.