Dawson City weather in August

In August, Dawson City sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 53 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 16.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 42 min at the start of August to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dawson City's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dawson City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 10.9 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 06 min; 5:20 AM – 9:24 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Dawson City is town in Yukon Territory, Canada.

Density: 42/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1896

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Dawson City reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than 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)	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4

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

How August really feels in Dawson City

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Dawson City weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-22° / -28°	10	3.3	4.2	5	0.0
Feb	-16° / -23°	6	2	3.1	7.9	0.0
Mar	-6° / -18°	8	2.7	3.4	11.2	0.0
Apr	5° / -6°	16	4.8	3.7	14.6	0.6
May	14° / 3°	39	9.6	1.3	17.9	4.0
Jun	19° / 8°	63	13.5	0	20.1	5.5
Jul	20° / 10°	72	14.2	0	19.2	5.6
Aug	17° / 7°	53	10.9	0	16.1	5.2
Sep	11° / 1°	37	8.8	1.1	12.7	2.6
Oct	-1° / -8°	26	6.9	6.1	9.3	0.0
Nov	-15° / -21°	16	5.1	6.5	6	0.0
Dec	-19° / -25°	14	4.3	5.4	3.9	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	31	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	28	28	27	27	27	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	26	26	26	27	29	29
Cloudier (%)	69	69	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	72	72	73	73	73	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	74	74	74	73	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dawson City gets around 53 mm of rain over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	35
31	35

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 42 min at the start of August to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 198 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 10:14 PM to 8:30 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)	17.7	17.6	17.5	17.4	17.3	17.2	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	4:33	4:36	4:40	4:43	4:46	4:49	4:52	4:55	4:58	5:01	5:04	5:08	5:11	5:14	5:17	5:20	5:23	5:26	5:29	5:32	5:35	5:38	5:41	5:44	5:47	5:51	5:54	5:57	6:00	6:03	6:06
Sunset (PM)	10:14	10:11	10:08	10:05	10:01	9:58	9:55	9:51	9:48	9:44	9:41	9:38	9:34	9:31	9:27	9:24	9:20	9:17	9:13	9:10	9:06	9:03	8:59	8:55	8:52	8:48	8:45	8:41	8:37	8:34	8:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.7	4:33	10:14
2	17.6	4:36	10:11
3	17.5	4:40	10:08
4	17.4	4:43	10:05
5	17.3	4:46	10:01
6	17.2	4:49	9:58
7	17.0	4:52	9:55
8	16.9	4:55	9:51
9	16.8	4:58	9:48
10	16.7	5:01	9:44
11	16.6	5:04	9:41
12	16.5	5:08	9:38
13	16.4	5:11	9:34
14	16.3	5:14	9:31
15	16.2	5:17	9:27
16	16.1	5:20	9:24
17	16.0	5:23	9:20
18	15.8	5:26	9:17
19	15.7	5:29	9:13
20	15.6	5:32	9:10
21	15.5	5:35	9:06
22	15.4	5:38	9:03
23	15.3	5:41	8:59
24	15.2	5:44	8:55
25	15.1	5:47	8:52
26	15.0	5:51	8:48
27	14.8	5:54	8:45
28	14.7	5:57	8:41
29	14.6	6:00	8:37
30	14.5	6:03	8:34
31	14.4	6:06	8:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.05 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Dawson City?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Dawson City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dawson City in August

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

In August, Dawson City sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Dawson City in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dawson City peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	3	5	5	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Dawson City in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dawson City is worst in July — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 127.7× the cleanest month (January, 0 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	0	1	3	6	16	30	38	34	9	1	0	0
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	0	Good
Feb	1	Good
Mar	3	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	16	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	1	Good
Nov	0	Good
Dec	0	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Dawson City?

Dawson City sits at 64.1°N, 139.4°W, 0 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Badger, 397 km away.

Topography around Dawson City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dawson City has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 562 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 892 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,992 m.

The land around Dawson City is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

562 m

trees 77%

16 km

892 m

trees 93%

80 km

1,992 m

trees 69%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

August weather nearby: Badger 397 km · Fairbanks 406 km · Whitehorse 435 km · Eagle River 599 km · Anchorage 620 km · Juneau 694 km · Terrace 1,223 km · Yellowknife 1,258 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

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 Dawson City (64.0601°, -139.4333°, elevation 0 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	9
8	19	9
9	19	9
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	15	6
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0