Tórshavn weather in August

In August, Tórshavn sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 68 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tórshavn's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tórshavn's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 68 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 42 min; 4:41 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 9th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Tórshavn is capital of the Faroe Islands.

Density: 113/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~901 CE

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tórshavn reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How August really feels in Tórshavn

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.

Tórshavn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 4°	122	19.6	2.9	5.8	0.3
Feb	6° / 3°	95	16.7	3.4	8.3	0.2
Mar	6° / 3°	93	17.9	2.8	11.3	0.2
Apr	6° / 4°	67	13.9	1.3	14.3	0.5
May	8° / 6°	54	11.8	0.2	17.2	1.1
Jun	9° / 8°	46	8.9	0	19.1	1.8
Jul	11° / 9°	53	11.4	0	18.3	2.3
Aug	11° / 10°	68	11.9	0	15.7	2.6
Sep	11° / 9°	94	15	0	12.6	2.1
Oct	9° / 7°	117	18.2	0.1	9.6	1.4
Nov	7° / 5°	119	19.2	1.2	6.7	0.8
Dec	6° / 4°	125	19.1	3	4.9	0.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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 (%)	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
Cloudier (%)	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tórshavn gets around 68 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	35
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in August

Winds average 22 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 24 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	22	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	22	breezy
21	22	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	24	breezy
30	24	breezy
31	24	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 174 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:00 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 9:06 PM to 7:33 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)	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:00	4:03	4:05	4:08	4:11	4:13	4:16	4:19	4:21	4:24	4:27	4:30	4:32	4:35	4:38	4:41	4:43	4:46	4:49	4:51	4:54	4:57	5:00	5:02	5:05	5:08	5:10	5:13	5:16	5:19	5:21
Sunset (PM)	9:06	9:04	9:01	8:58	8:55	8:52	8:49	8:46	8:43	8:40	8:37	8:34	8:31	8:28	8:25	8:22	8:19	8:15	8:12	8:09	8:06	8:03	7:59	7:56	7:53	7:50	7:46	7:43	7:40	7:36	7:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.1	4:00	9:06
2	17.0	4:03	9:04
3	16.9	4:05	9:01
4	16.8	4:08	8:58
5	16.7	4:11	8:55
6	16.6	4:13	8:52
7	16.6	4:16	8:49
8	16.5	4:19	8:46
9	16.4	4:21	8:43
10	16.3	4:24	8:40
11	16.2	4:27	8:37
12	16.1	4:30	8:34
13	16.0	4:32	8:31
14	15.9	4:35	8:28
15	15.8	4:38	8:25
16	15.7	4:41	8:22
17	15.6	4:43	8:19
18	15.5	4:46	8:15
19	15.4	4:49	8:12
20	15.3	4:51	8:09
21	15.2	4:54	8:06
22	15.1	4:57	8:03
23	15.0	5:00	7:59
24	14.9	5:02	7:56
25	14.8	5:05	7:53
26	14.7	5:08	7:50
27	14.6	5:10	7:46
28	14.5	5:13	7:43
29	14.4	5:16	7:40
30	14.3	5:19	7:36
31	14.2	5:21	7:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.11 kWh/m² to a high of 4.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.46 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)	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tórshavn?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tórshavn.

What to pack for Tórshavn in August

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

In August, Tórshavn sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 10°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Tórshavn in August

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 10°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	7	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	9	Bracing
Jul	10	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Tórshavn 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 Tórshavn peaks around July 14 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	5	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Tórshavn?

Tórshavn sits at 62.0°N, 6.8°W, 1 m above sea level, in Faroe Islands. The nearest listed city is Isle of Lewis, 422 km away.

Topography around Tórshavn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tórshavn has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m.

The land around Tórshavn is covered by grassland (42%) and water (39%) within 3 km, water (70%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

345 m

grassland 42%

16 km

765 m

water 70%

80 km

887 m

water 87%

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

August weather nearby: Isle of Lewis 422 km · Elgin 522 km · Inverness 524 km · Peterhead 573 km · Fort William 585 km · Aberdeen 601 km · Nigg 604 km · Vik 642 km

Faroe Islands travel facts

Power plugs: Type C / E / F / K; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 94% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $74,175; 2024
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 Tórshavn (62.0097°, -6.7716°, elevation 1 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	35
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	35
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	35
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

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