Vancouver Weather in August
Vancouver in August
The short of it: Vancouver in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 52 mm · daylight 14 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Vancouver an average August high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 52 mm of rain. No month in Vancouver runs warmer: highs about 24°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 23 min in mid-August, 87 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Vancouver runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Fairview, 2 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Vancouver, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 14 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FairviewBritish Columbia | 2 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 52 mm |
| South GranvilleBritish Columbia | 2 km NW | 23° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Mt PleasantBritish Columbia | 2 km NE | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |
| Riley ParkBritish Columbia | 2 km ESE | 24° | 15° | 52 mm |
| Mount PleasantBritish Columbia | 2 km NE | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |
| ChinatownBritish Columbia | 4 km NNE | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |
| SunsetBritish Columbia | 4 km SSE | 24° | 15° | 52 mm |
| Downtown VancouverBritish Columbia | 4 km N | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |