Bilbao Weather in August
Bilbao in August
The short of it: Bilbao in August averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 73 mm · daylight 13 h 56 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Bilbao an average August high of 26°, a low of 16° and some 73 mm of rain. The height of summer in Bilbao, with afternoons near 26°. Wet spells are common — about 73 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 56 min in mid-August, 68 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Bilbao runs about middling and about as wet in August. Santutxu, 1 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Bilbao, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SantutxuBasque Country | 1 km SE | 26° | 16° | 73 mm |
| BasauriBasque Country | 4 km SE | 26° | 16° | 70 mm |
| ErandioBasque Country | 6 km NW | 27° | 16° | 74 mm |
| BarakaldoBasque Country | 6 km NW | 27° | 16° | 74 mm |
| ArrigorriagaBasque Country | 7 km SSE | 26° | 16° | 70 mm |
| GaldakaoBasque Country | 8 km ESE | 26° | 15° | 69 mm |
| SestaoBasque Country | 8 km NW | 27° | 16° | 74 mm |
| LeioaBasque Country | 9 km NW | 27° | 16° | 74 mm |