Tonga Weather in August
Tonga in August
The short of it: Tonga in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 19 °C (67 °F), with 325 mm (12.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 19° · rain 325 mm · daylight 12 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
August in Tonga brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 19°, with about 325 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Tonga: highs scarcely reach 26°, nights fall to 19°. Wet spells are common — about 325 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 17 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Tonga runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Ndikiniméki, 27 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Tonga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 78 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h