Dublin Weather in August
Dublin in August
The short of it: Dublin in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 12° · rain 76 mm · daylight 14 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
August in Dublin brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 12°, with about 76 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 46 min in mid-August, 104 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Dublin runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Rathmines, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Dublin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RathminesLeinster | 2 km SW | 20° | 12° | 75 mm |
| SandymountLeinster | 2 km ESE | 20° | 12° | 76 mm |
| DonnybrookLeinster | 3 km SE | 20° | 12° | 76 mm |
| MarinoLeinster | 4 km NNE | 20° | 12° | 75 mm |
| RathfarnhamLeinster | 4 km SSW | 20° | 12° | 75 mm |
| CrumlinLeinster | 5 km WSW | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |
| DundrumLeinster | 5 km S | 19° | 11° | 84 mm |
| TempleogueLeinster | 6 km SW | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |