Tuscany weather in August

In August, Tuscany sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Tuscany's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tuscany's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:30 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 1st clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tuscany reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

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

How August really feels in Tuscany

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.

Tuscany 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -12°	12	3.5	4.7	8.2	0.0
Feb	-1° / -11°	12	3.7	4.4	9.6	0.0
Mar	4° / -8°	22	5.5	5.7	11.5	0.1
Apr	10° / -2°	41	8.7	5.8	13.5	2.3
May	15° / 2°	77	11.9	2.7	15.3	4.4
Jun	19° / 7°	110	14.4	0.1	16.2	5.3
Jul	22° / 9°	64	11.3	0	15.9	6.6
Aug	22° / 8°	67	10	0	14.4	6.8
Sep	17° / 4°	47	8.2	1.2	12.4	5.7
Oct	10° / -2°	26	6.3	3.8	10.4	2.5
Nov	2° / -7°	19	4.8	5.3	8.7	0.0
Dec	-2° / -12°	14	3.7	4.3	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 41%.

	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 (%)	64	64	62	62	61	60	60	58	58	58	58	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56
Cloudier (%)	36	36	38	38	39	40	40	42	42	42	42	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tuscany gets around 67 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	34
15	33
16	32
17	31
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	27

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 97% 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 (%)	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
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30	9	calm
31	9	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 5:07 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 7:20 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	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:54
Sunset (PM)	8:19	8:18	8:16	8:15	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:22	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	5:07	8:19
2	15.2	5:08	8:18
3	15.1	5:10	8:16
4	15.1	5:11	8:15
5	15.0	5:13	8:13
6	15.0	5:14	8:11
7	14.9	5:16	8:09
8	14.8	5:17	8:08
9	14.8	5:19	8:06
10	14.7	5:20	8:04
11	14.7	5:22	8:02
12	14.6	5:23	8:00
13	14.6	5:25	7:58
14	14.5	5:27	7:56
15	14.4	5:28	7:54
16	14.4	5:30	7:52
17	14.3	5:31	7:50
18	14.3	5:33	7:48
19	14.2	5:35	7:46
20	14.1	5:36	7:44
21	14.1	5:38	7:42
22	14.0	5:39	7:40
23	13.9	5:41	7:38
24	13.9	5:43	7:36
25	13.8	5:44	7:33
26	13.8	5:46	7:31
27	13.7	5:47	7:29
28	13.6	5:49	7:27
29	13.6	5:51	7:25
30	13.5	5:52	7:22
31	13.4	5:54	7:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.48 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)	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.1	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

Hazard calendar for Tuscany

In seasonPeak

In August, Tuscany sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tuscany's rainy season runs May–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tuscany?

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

4.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tuscany for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tuscany in August

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

In August, Tuscany sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Tuscany 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 Tuscany peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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	5	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	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	5	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Tuscany 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 Tuscany is worst in August — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 8 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)	8	8	11	10	12	11	18	21	14	9	9	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	12	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	9	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Tuscany?

Tuscany sits at 51.1°N, 114.2°W, 1,177 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Edgemont, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Tuscany

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuscany has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 1,174 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,359 m.

The land around Tuscany is covered by grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (30%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

216 m

grassland 37%

16 km

312 m

grassland 54%

80 km

2,359 m

grassland 34%

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

August weather nearby: Edgemont 7.0 km · Evanston 10 km · Panorama Hills 12 km · Calgary 14 km · Coventry Hills 14 km · Beltline 15 km · Cochrane 17 km · Saddle Ridge 21 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 Tuscany (51.1243°, -114.2449°, elevation 1,177 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	23	9
2	23	9
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	22	9
11	22	8
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	7
22	22	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	34
15	33
16	32
17	31
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
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	23	9
2	23	9
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	22	9
11	22	8
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	7
22	22	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	34
15	33
16	32
17	31
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
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	23	9
2	23	9
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	22	9
11	22	8
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	7
22	22	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	34
15	33
16	32
17	31
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0