Orillia weather in August

In August, Orillia sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 88 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-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 35% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Orillia's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orillia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:25 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
55%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Orillia is city in Ontario, Canada.

Founded
1867

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 Orillia reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°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 4°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Orillia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -11°6511.911.590.0
Feb-3° / -11°5098.510.10.0
Mar / -6°6010.1711.60.0
Apr10° / 7911.13.113.22.4
May18° / 8711.1014.65.5
Jun23° / 13°9411015.36.6
Jul25° / 16°8811.70156.7
Aug24° / 15°8811.5013.96.8
Sep20° / 11°8410.9012.36.1
Oct13° / 8813.60.510.73.1
Nov / -1°7612.34.99.40.4
Dec-1° / -7°6512.910.78.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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

Any precipitation

Orillia gets around 88 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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

Winds average 10 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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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 5:08 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:087:40
214.55:097:38
314.45:107:37
414.45:117:36
514.45:127:34
614.35:147:33
714.35:157:32
814.25:167:30
914.25:177:29
1014.25:187:27
1114.15:197:26
1214.15:217:24
1314.05:227:23
1414.05:237:21
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1713.85:277:16
1813.85:287:15
1913.75:297:13
2013.75:307:12
2113.65:317:10
2213.65:337:08
2313.55:347:06
2413.55:357:05
2513.45:367:03
2613.45:377:01
2713.35:396:59
2813.35:406:57
2913.25:416:56
3013.25:426:54
3113.15:446:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Orillia?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Orillia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Orillia in August

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

In August, Orillia sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Orillia 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 56 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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May5Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul19Cool
Aug21Refreshing
Sep19Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Orillia 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 Orillia peaks around June 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Orillia 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 Orillia is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 2019 µg/m³Nov 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Orillia?

Orillia sits at 44.6°N, 79.4°W, 232 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Barrie, 30 km away.

Topography around Orillia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orillia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 239 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 m.

The land around Orillia is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and water (25%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
203 m
80 km
404 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Barrie 30 km · Innisfil 39 km · Midland 40 km · Keswick 40 km · Bracebridge 48 km · Wasaga Beach 48 km · East Gwillimbury 56 km · Uxbridge 62 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 Orillia (44.6087°, -79.4207°, elevation 232 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. 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).