Average August Temperatures in the United Kingdom

Average temperatures for August at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum daily temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Across the UK, August temperatures average a daily high of 19 degrees Celsius (67 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F).

Southern England

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 54 Birmingham 21 12
70 53 Bristol 21 12
70 59 Dover 21 15
67 58 Isles of Scilly 20 14
74 57 London, Greenwich 23 14
74 55 London, Kew Gardens 23 13
71 55 Norwich 22 13
70 54 Nottingham 21 12
69 56 Plymouth 20 13
73 57 Southampton 23 14
70 53 Stoke-on-Trent 21 12
69 58 Weymouth 20 14
70 56 Worthing 21 13

Northern England

Average daily temperatures in August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
68 53 Ambleside, Windermere Lake 20 12
64 52 Berwick-upon-Tweed 18 11
67 53 Dumfries 19 11
71 55 Hull 22 13
67 56 Liverpool 20 14
68 53 Manchester 20 12
69 52 Middlesbrough 20 11
66 52 Newcastle upon Tyne 19 11
65 53 Prestwick 19 12
65 49 Rochester, Northumberland Park 18 9
69 55 Sheffield 21 13

Wales

August temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
71 55 Cardiff 21 13
67 55 Harlech 19 13
68 51 Llandrindod Wells 20 11
67 54 Rhyl 20 12
67 58 Swansea 20 14

Scotland

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
65 51 Aberdeen 18 11
67 51 Dundee 19 11
66 53 Edinburgh 19 12
67 53 Glasgow 19 12
66 52 Inverness 19 11
61 51 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 16 11
58 51 Lerwick, Shetland Islands 15 10
61 52 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 16 11
62 53 Tiree, Inner Hebrides 17 12

Northern Ireland

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
67 53 Armagh 19 12
67 53 Belfast 19 11
66 51 Castlederg 19 11
66 53 Londonderry 19 12
68 54 Warrenpoint  20 12
Reference

Met Office. Research programmes. Climate science. UK Climate Averages.

United Kingdom Temperatures
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