Nassau weather in August

In August, Nassau sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 119 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nassau's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nassau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 119 mm; 17 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:47 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 9th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Nassau is capital and largest city of the Bahamas.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 3.2 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 1,101/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1695

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nassau reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

How August really feels in Nassau

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nassau weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 22°	41	7.2	10.6	7.5
Feb	23° / 22°	32	4.8	11.1	8.0
Mar	23° / 22°	34	5.9	11.8	7.9
Apr	24° / 23°	49	5.8	12.6	8.0
May	26° / 25°	80	9	13.2	7.1
Jun	28° / 26°	98	14.5	13.5	5.7
Jul	28° / 27°	77	14.3	13.4	5.3
Aug	29° / 27°	119	17	12.9	4.9
Sep	28° / 27°	139	18.5	12.2	4.7
Oct	27° / 26°	135	16.3	11.4	5.7
Nov	25° / 24°	70	8.7	10.8	7.2
Dec	24° / 23°	39	6.6	10.5	7.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	57	58	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	55	55	54	53	53	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	43	42	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	45	45	46	47	47	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nassau gets around 119 mm of rain over 17 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	58
21	59
22	60
23	61
24	61
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	37	38
Miserable (%)	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	67	68	68	69	70	71	71	72	72	72	71	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	63	62

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	37	63
31	38	62

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
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7	18	light breeze
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29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:40	6:51
2	13.2	5:40	6:50
3	13.1	5:41	6:50
4	13.1	5:41	6:49
5	13.1	5:42	6:48
6	13.1	5:42	6:48
7	13.1	5:43	6:47
8	13.0	5:43	6:46
9	13.0	5:44	6:46
10	13.0	5:44	6:45
11	13.0	5:45	6:44
12	13.0	5:45	6:43
13	12.9	5:46	6:42
14	12.9	5:46	6:42
15	12.9	5:47	6:41
16	12.9	5:47	6:40
17	12.9	5:47	6:39
18	12.8	5:48	6:38
19	12.8	5:48	6:37
20	12.8	5:49	6:36
21	12.8	5:49	6:35
22	12.7	5:50	6:35
23	12.7	5:50	6:34
24	12.7	5:50	6:33
25	12.7	5:51	6:32
26	12.7	5:51	6:31
27	12.6	5:52	6:30
28	12.6	5:52	6:29
29	12.6	5:52	6:28
30	12.6	5:53	6:27
31	12.5	5:53	6:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nassau

In seasonPeak

In August, Nassau sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Nassau sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Nassau's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Nassau?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nassau for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nassau in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Nassau sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nassau in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	24	24	24	25	26	28	29	30	29	28	27	25
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	24	Warm
Feb	24	Warm
Mar	24	Warm
Apr	25	Warm
May	26	Warm
Jun	28	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	30	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	28	Tropical
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	25	Warm

UV index in Nassau in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nassau peaks around July 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	10	9	11	11	12	11	10	9	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	High

Location & terrain

Where is Nassau?

Nassau sits at 25.1°N, 77.3°W, 5 m above sea level, in Bahamas. The nearest listed city is Killarney, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Nassau

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nassau.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nassau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m.

The land around Nassau is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, water (78%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

artificial surfaces 58%

16 km

37 m

water 78%

80 km

32 m

water 91%

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← July Nassau year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Killarney 7.0 km · Lucaya 211 km · Freeport 213 km · Miami Beach 291 km · Sunny Isles Beach 296 km · Miami 297 km · Aventura 298 km · Ojus 299 km

Bahamas travel facts

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Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nassau (25.0582°, -77.3431°, elevation 5 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	58
21	59
22	60
23	61
24	61
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	37	63
31	38	62

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	58
21	59
22	60
23	61
24	61
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	37	63
31	38	62

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	58
21	59
22	60
23	61
24	61
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	37	63
31	38	62