Perth Weather in August
Perth in August
The short of it: Perth in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 11° · rain 70 mm · daylight 15 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Perth brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 11°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 7 min in mid-August, 121 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Perth runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Glenrothes, 27 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Perth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlenrothesScotland | 27 km SE | 19° | 11° | 70 mm |
| DundeeScotland | 29 km ENE | 19° | 11° | 67 mm |
| CowdenbeathScotland | 32 km S | 18° | 10° | 75 mm |
| KirkcaldyScotland | 35 km SSE | 19° | 11° | 66 mm |
| DunfermlineScotland | 36 km S | 19° | 11° | 78 mm |
| AlloaScotland | 38 km SW | 19° | 12° | 91 mm |
| Saint AndrewsScotland | 39 km E | 19° | 11° | 61 mm |
| RosythScotland | 40 km S | 19° | 11° | 72 mm |