Kamloops weather in August

In August, Kamloops sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.3 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kamloops's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamloops's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 4:55 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Kamloops is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 349/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1811

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 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kamloops reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

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

How August really feels in Kamloops

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.

Kamloops weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -8°	41	10.5	10.6	8.3	0.0
Feb	1° / -7°	25	7.1	7.1	9.7	0.0
Mar	6° / -4°	30	8.7	6.4	11.5	0.6
Apr	12° / 0°	30	7.4	2.2	13.5	3.1
May	17° / 5°	43	9.2	0.5	15.2	5.6
Jun	21° / 8°	47	9.2	0	16.2	6.3
Jul	25° / 11°	34	6.1	0	15.8	7.6
Aug	24° / 11°	23	5.3	0	14.3	7.7
Sep	19° / 7°	35	7	0	12.4	6.4
Oct	10° / 2°	45	10.1	1.8	10.4	2.4
Nov	2° / -3°	56	12.2	8.8	8.7	0.0
Dec	-2° / -7°	46	11.2	11.9	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. 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 (%)	72	72	71	71	71	69	69	69	68	67	67	66	66	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	59	59	59	58	58	56	56	56	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	28	28	29	29	29	31	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	41	41	41	42	42	44	44	44	44	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kamloops gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.3 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	21

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

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 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
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 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	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 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 6:44 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)	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:37	4:38	4:40	4:41	4:43	4:44	4:46	4:48	4:49	4:51	4:52	4:54	4:55	4:57	4:58	5:00	5:02	5:03	5:05	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19
Sunset (PM)	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	4:33	7:42
2	15.1	4:34	7:41
3	15.1	4:35	7:39
4	15.0	4:37	7:37
5	15.0	4:38	7:36
6	14.9	4:40	7:34
7	14.8	4:41	7:32
8	14.8	4:43	7:30
9	14.7	4:44	7:29
10	14.7	4:46	7:27
11	14.6	4:48	7:25
12	14.6	4:49	7:23
13	14.5	4:51	7:21
14	14.5	4:52	7:19
15	14.4	4:54	7:17
16	14.3	4:55	7:15
17	14.3	4:57	7:13
18	14.2	4:58	7:11
19	14.2	5:00	7:09
20	14.1	5:02	7:07
21	14.0	5:03	7:05
22	14.0	5:05	7:03
23	13.9	5:06	7:01
24	13.9	5:08	6:59
25	13.8	5:09	6:57
26	13.7	5:11	6:55
27	13.7	5:13	6:53
28	13.6	5:14	6:50
29	13.5	5:16	6:48
30	13.5	5:17	6:46
31	13.4	5:19	6:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.74 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	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kamloops?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Kamloops for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kamloops in August

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

In August, Kamloops sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Kamloops in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kamloops peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	6	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Kamloops 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 Kamloops is worst in August — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 22.6× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kamloops's WHO annual average of 7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	2	2	2	2	3	16	28	3	12	12	2
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	2	Good
Mar	2	Good
Apr	2	Good
May	2	Good
Jun	3	Good
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	3	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	2	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kamloops?

Kamloops sits at 50.7°N, 120.3°W, 414 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Brocklehurst, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Kamloops

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamloops has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m around an average of 513 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,144 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,925 m.

The land around Kamloops is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

540 m

grassland 35%

16 km

1,144 m

grassland 54%

80 km

1,925 m

trees 70%

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

August weather nearby: Brocklehurst 8.0 km · Salmon Arm 74 km · Vernon 86 km · Lake Country 98 km · West Kelowna 104 km · Kelowna 105 km · Rutland 108 km · Okanagan Mission 112 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 Kamloops (50.6665°, -120.3192°, elevation 414 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	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	26	12
6	26	12
7	26	12
8	26	12
9	26	12
10	26	11
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	11
17	25	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	10
22	24	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	23	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
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