Toronto Weather in August
Toronto in August
The short of it: Toronto in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 16 °C (62 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 77 mm · daylight 13 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
August in Toronto brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 16°, with about 77 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 58 min in mid-August, 70 minutes less than a month before.
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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Toronto runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Mount Pleasant West, 0 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Toronto, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant WestOntario | 0 km ESE | 26° | 16° | 77 mm |
| AnnexOntario | 4 km S | 26° | 16° | 77 mm |
| Banbury-Don MillsOntario | 5 km NE | 26° | 16° | 79 mm |
| Church-Yonge CorridorOntario | 5 km SSE | 26° | 17° | 75 mm |
| Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-JunctionOntario | 6 km SW | 26° | 17° | 74 mm |
| WillowdaleOntario | 7 km N | 26° | 16° | 80 mm |
| NiagaraOntario | 7 km S | 26° | 17° | 75 mm |
| Willowdale EastOntario | 7 km N | 26° | 16° | 80 mm |