Sandnes Weather in August
Sandnes in August
The short of it: Sandnes in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 134 mm (5.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 12° · rain 134 mm · daylight 15 h 26 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Sandnes an average August high of 19°, a low of 12° and some 134 mm of rain. No month in Sandnes runs warmer: highs about 19°. Wet spells are common — about 134 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 26 min in mid-August, 138 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sandnes runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Sola, 6 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Sandnes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 35 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h