Climate averages 1991–2020

Oceanside weather
in August.

A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 25.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 19.1°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Oceanside · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Oceanside: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Vista (13 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 3.1°C warmer than Oceanside, with 1.0 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Oceanside ranks joint 456th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 26th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Oceanside is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.3 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Oceanside climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Oceanside, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.9°C8.3°C8.3°C625.310.210 h
February 16.7°C9.0°C9.0°C746.111.011 h
March 17.4°C10.3°C10.3°C405.312.012 h
April 18.6°C11.8°C11.8°C173.013.013 h
May 19.9°C13.7°C13.7°C7.51.813.914 h
June 22.1°C15.7°C15.7°C1.70.414.314 h
July 24.7°C18.1°C18.1°C1.20.314.114 h
August, selected 25.8°C19.1°C19.1°C0.60.213.413 h
September 25.3°C18.4°C18.4°C3.30.612.412 h
October 22.9°C15.6°C15.6°C132.011.411 h
November 19.9°C11.8°C11.8°C212.710.510 h
December 16.9°C8.6°C8.6°C464.710.010 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 Oceanside

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 limits

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