Bath Weather in August
Bath in August
The short of it: Bath in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 35 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 21° · low 13° · rain 71 mm · daylight 14 h 35 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Bath an average August high of 21°, a low of 13° and some 71 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 71 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 35 min in mid-August, 95 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, Bath runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Keynsham, 10 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Bath, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KeynshamEngland | 10 km WNW | 21° | 13° | 74 mm |
| TrowbridgeEngland | 12 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 64 mm |
| KingswoodEngland | 13 km NW | 21° | 13° | 76 mm |
| MelkshamEngland | 15 km E | 22° | 12° | 62 mm |
| MangotsfieldEngland | 16 km NW | 22° | 13° | 76 mm |
| FromeEngland | 17 km S | 21° | 12° | 69 mm |
| BristolEngland | 19 km WNW | 21° | 13° | 79 mm |
| YateEngland | 19 km NNW | 21° | 13° | 74 mm |