Climate averages 1991–2020
Berkeley weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Berkeley: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oakland (7 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Berkeley, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Berkeley ranks joint 430th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 39th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Berkeley is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 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
Berkeley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 26.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 46 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.610 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
- Oakland in AugustUnited States · 7 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- San Francisco in AugustUnited States · 17 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Concord (California), United States in AugustUnited States · 24 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Daly City in AugustUnited States · 25 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Vallejo in AugustUnited States · 26 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- San Ramon in AugustUnited States · 28 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Hayward in AugustUnited States · 28 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- San Mateo in AugustUnited States · 35 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.7 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 Berkeley) is explained once on the Berkeley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Oakland lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.