Portbou Weather in August
Portbou in August
The short of it: Portbou in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 27 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 19° · rain 27 mm · daylight 13 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Portbou an average August high of 28°, a low of 19° and some 27 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 28°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 27 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 53 min in mid-August, 66 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Portbou runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Banyuls de la Marenda, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Portbou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banyuls de la MarendaOccitanie | 7 km NNW | 28° | 19° | 25 mm |
| LlançàCatalonia | 7 km S | 29° | 19° | 27 mm |
| PortvendresOccitanie | 11 km NNW | 28° | 19° | 25 mm |
| ArgelesOccitanie | 17 km NW | 29° | 19° | 25 mm |
| RosesCatalonia | 18 km S | 29° | 19° | 27 mm |
| Castelló d'EmpúriesCatalonia | 20 km SSW | 30° | 19° | 28 mm |
| EmpuriabravaCatalonia | 20 km S | 29° | 19° | 27 mm |
| FigueresCatalonia | 24 km SW | 30° | 19° | 30 mm |