Barcelona Weather in August
Barcelona in August
The short of it: Barcelona in August averages a high of 29 °C (85 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 20° · rain 49 mm · daylight 13 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & April
August in Barcelona brings afternoons near 29° and nights around 20°, with about 49 mm of rain over the month. The height of summer in Barcelona, with afternoons near 29°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 49 min in mid-August, 64 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and April.
Against its neighbours, Barcelona runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Eixample, 0 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Barcelona, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 30 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EixampleCatalonia | 0 km E | 29° | 20° | 49 mm |
| l'Antiga Esquerra de l'EixampleCatalonia | 0 km WNW | 29° | 20° | 49 mm |
| Dreta de l'EixampleCatalonia | 1 km NE | 30° | 20° | 47 mm |
| la Nova Esquerra de l'EixampleCatalonia | 1 km SW | 29° | 20° | 49 mm |
| Sant AntoniCatalonia | 1 km S | 29° | 20° | 49 mm |
| el RavalCatalonia | 1 km SE | 30° | 20° | 47 mm |
| Ciutat VellaCatalonia | 2 km SE | 30° | 20° | 47 mm |
| GràciaCatalonia | 2 km N | 29° | 20° | 49 mm |