Nuuk Weather in August
Nuuk in August
The short of it: Nuuk in August averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 16 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 6° · rain 70 mm · daylight 16 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Nuuk brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 6°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 12°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 22 min in mid-August, 204 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Nuuk runs about middling and drier than most in August. Maniitsoq, 148 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Nuuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Oct–Jun
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManiitsoqQeqqata | 148 km NNW | 13° | 7° | 74 mm |
| QeqertarsuaqSermersooq | 250 km SSE | 11° | 6° | 110 mm |
| PaamiutSermersooq | 264 km SSE | 11° | 6° | 109 mm |
| KangerlussuaqQeqqata | 318 km N | 13° | 4° | 41 mm |
| SisimiutQeqqata | 319 km NNW | 10° | 5° | 69 mm |
| NarsaqKujalleq | 465 km SE | 12° | 5° | 101 mm |
| QaqortoqKujalleq | 483 km SE | 13° | 5° | 108 mm |