Glace Bay weather in August

In August, Glace Bay sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 93 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Glace Bay's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Glace Bay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
5:04 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
19 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Glace Bay is town in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Density
481/km²
people per km²
Founded
1785

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 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Glace Bay reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Glace Bay weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -5°12013.511.68.80.0
Feb-1° / -7°11311.39.3100.0
Mar / -4°11212.48.111.60.0
Apr / 11412.64.413.30.0
May / 10112.30.414.71.2
Jun13° / 10°9911.3015.53.7
Jul19° / 16°8910015.26.0
Aug20° / 17°9310.40146.3
Sep18° / 14°11311.1012.35.4
Oct12° / 13913010.73.1
Nov / 13614.12.39.21.0
Dec / -1°14415.69.28.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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

Any precipitation

Glace Bay gets around 93 mm of rain over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 35% 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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 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 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:46 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:467:26
214.64:477:25
314.64:487:24
414.54:497:22
514.54:507:21
614.54:527:19
714.44:537:18
814.44:547:16
914.34:557:15
1014.34:577:13
1114.24:587:12
1214.24:597:10
1314.15:007:09
1414.15:027:07
1514.05:037:05
1614.05:047:04
1713.95:067:02
1813.95:077:00
1913.85:086:58
2013.85:096:57
2113.75:116:55
2213.75:126:53
2313.65:136:51
2413.65:156:49
2513.55:166:47
2613.55:176:46
2713.45:196:44
2813.45:206:42
2913.35:216:40
3013.35:226:38
3113.25:246:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Glace Bay?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Glace Bay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Glace Bay in August

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

In August, Glace Bay sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Glace Bay in August

The nearest coast averages about 19°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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in March near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr1Bracing
May4Bracing
Jun9Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Glace Bay in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Glace Bay peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Glace Bay?

Glace Bay sits at 46.2°N, 60.0°W, 15 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Sydney, 19 km away.

Topography around Glace Bay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Glace Bay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m.

The land around Glace Bay is covered by water (39%), grassland (27%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, water (55%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
535 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Sydney 19 km · New Glasgow 219 km · Charlottetown 244 km · Saint-Pierre 296 km · Cole Harbour 323 km · Woodlawn 326 km · Dartmouth 329 km · Lower Sackville 330 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 Glace Bay (46.197°, -59.957°, elevation 15 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).