Dunkirk Weather in August
Dunkirk in August
The short of it: Dunkirk in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 15° · rain 65 mm · daylight 14 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
August in Dunkirk brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 15°, with about 65 mm of rain over the month. The height of summer in Dunkirk, with afternoons near 22°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 33 min in mid-August, 94 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Dunkirk runs about middling and about as wet in August. Coudekerque-Branche, 2 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Dunkirk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudekerque-BrancheHauts-de-France | 2 km SE | 22° | 15° | 65 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-MerHauts-de-France | 3 km W | 22° | 15° | 65 mm |
| Grande-SyntheHauts-de-France | 6 km WSW | 22° | 16° | 65 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 20 km ENE | 22° | 13° | 69 mm |
| PoperingeFlanders | 32 km SE | 23° | 13° | 71 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 36 km SSE | 23° | 14° | 73 mm |
| CalaisHauts-de-France | 38 km WSW | 22° | 15° | 57 mm |
| IeperFlanders | 41 km ESE | 23° | 13° | 71 mm |