Drummondville weather in August

In August, Drummondville sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 109 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Drummondville's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Drummondville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:55 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Drummondville is city in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

Density
229/km²
people per km²
Founded
2004

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Drummondville reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Drummondville

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.

Drummondville weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -14°7711.110.68.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°6198.9100.0
Mar / -7°7610.77.311.60.0
Apr10° / 9911.5313.32.3
May18° / 10112.70.114.75.4
Jun23° / 13°11312.6015.56.3
Jul25° / 16°11213.7015.26.2
Aug24° / 15°10912.7013.96.6
Sep20° / 10°9910.7012.36.1
Oct12° / 11011.70.810.73.2
Nov / -2°8911.84.19.30.4
Dec-2° / -9°8912108.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34951
44951
54951
64852
74951
84951
95050
104951
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Drummondville gets around 109 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
144
244
344
444
544
643
743
842
942
1042
1141
1241
1340
1440
1539
1639
1738
1838
1937
2037
2137
2237
2337
2437
2537
2637
2737
2836
2936
3036
3136

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 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1192537171
2202537171
3202538171
4202438171
5202438171
6202438161
7202538161
8212538161
9212538161
10222537151
11232537151
12232536141
13242636141
14252635131
15262635131
16272634121
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18292633111
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20312730111
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24362726101
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28412722101
29432621101
3044262091
3145261991

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 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 4:37 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:377:15
214.64:387:14
314.64:397:13
414.54:407:11
514.54:417:10
614.44:437:09
714.44:447:07
814.34:457:06
914.34:467:04
1014.34:487:03
1114.24:497:01
1214.24:507:00
1314.14:516:58
1414.14:536:56
1514.04:546:55
1614.04:556:53
1713.94:566:51
1813.94:586:50
1913.84:596:48
2013.85:006:46
2113.75:016:44
2213.75:036:43
2313.65:046:41
2413.65:056:39
2513.55:076:37
2613.55:086:35
2713.45:096:33
2813.45:106:31
2913.35:126:30
3013.25:136:28
3113.25:146:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.8Bright
254.7Bright
264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Drummondville?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Drummondville for sightseeing.

What to pack for Drummondville in August

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

In August, Drummondville sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Drummondville 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 Drummondville peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Drummondville?

Drummondville sits at 45.9°N, 72.5°W, 89 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Victoriaville, 44 km away.

Topography around Drummondville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Drummondville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 985 m.

The land around Drummondville is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
985 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Victoriaville 44 km · Saint-Hyacinthe 46 km · Trois-Rivières 52 km · Sorel-Tracy 52 km · Granby 57 km · Mont-Saint-Hilaire 65 km · Beloeil 66 km · Rock Forest 70 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 Drummondville (45.8834°, -72.4824°, elevation 89 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).