Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coral weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cape Coral: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fort Myers (13 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Cape Coral, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cape Coral ranks joint 168th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 453rd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Cape Coral is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 141 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
Cape Coral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 47 | 4.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 25.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 44 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 60 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 142 | 18.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 124 | 20.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 20.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 141 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 72 | 8.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 32 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 36 | 4.4 | 10.511 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
- Fort Myers in AugustUnited States · 13 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in AugustUnited States · 33 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 184 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in AugustUnited States · 152 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Brandon in AugustUnited States · 156 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Tampa in AugustUnited States · 162 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Lakeland in AugustUnited States · 164 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Coral Springs in AugustUnited States · 170 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 182 mm rain
- Largo in AugustUnited States · 171 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 146 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 Cape Coral) is explained once on the Cape Coral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.