Collingwood weather in August

In August, Collingwood sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 93 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Collingwood's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Collingwood's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:29 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
52%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Collingwood is town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Founded
1840

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Collingwood reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Collingwood

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Collingwood weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -8°8614.815.290.0
Feb-3° / -10°59101010.10.0
Mar / -6°6911.37.511.60.0
Apr / 9511.54.213.20.5
May12° / 9410.90.214.63.0
Jun18° / 14°8710.9015.35.7
Jul22° / 18°8412.60156.5
Aug22° / 18°9312.7013.96.5
Sep19° / 14°9912.5012.35.7
Oct12° / 11416.30.610.72.9
Nov / 11416.17.89.40.4
Dec / -3°9817.514.98.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Collingwood gets around 93 mm of rain over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 30% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:117:42
214.55:137:41
314.45:147:40
414.45:157:39
514.45:167:37
614.35:177:36
714.35:187:35
814.25:197:33
914.25:217:32
1014.15:227:30
1114.15:237:29
1214.15:247:27
1314.05:257:26
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1713.85:307:19
1813.85:317:18
1913.75:327:16
2013.75:347:14
2113.65:357:13
2213.65:367:11
2313.55:377:09
2413.55:387:08
2513.45:407:06
2613.45:417:04
2713.35:427:02
2813.35:437:00
2913.25:446:59
3013.25:466:57
3113.15:476:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Collingwood?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Collingwood for sightseeing.

What to pack for Collingwood in August

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

In August, Collingwood sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Collingwood in August

The nearest coast averages about 21°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 21°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 9 to Aug 24 — about 0.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
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Jun11Bracing
Jul19Cool
Aug21Refreshing
Sep19Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Collingwood in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Collingwood peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
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Oct3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Collingwood?

Collingwood sits at 44.5°N, 80.2°W, 194 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Wasaga Beach, 16 km away.

Topography around Collingwood

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Collingwood has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m.

The land around Collingwood is covered by trees (31%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, water (39%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), water (28%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
374 m
80 km
371 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Wasaga Beach 16 km · Midland 40 km · Barrie 45 km · Alliston 46 km · Innisfil 49 km · Owen Sound 58 km · Orangeville 64 km · Orillia 65 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

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 Collingwood (44.4834°, -80.2164°, elevation 194 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. 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).