Douglas weather in August

In August, Douglas sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Douglas's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douglas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 72 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:25 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 11th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Douglas is suburb of Cork, Ireland.

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 17°C through the month.

A typical August day in Douglas reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Douglas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 6°	96	14.5	8.1	1.5
Feb	9° / 6°	74	11.8	9.6	1.5
Mar	9° / 6°	68	11.5	11.5	1.9
Apr	11° / 7°	67	11.2	13.6	2.5
May	13° / 9°	63	11.8	15.4	3.4
Jun	16° / 12°	64	10.4	16.4	4.5
Jul	17° / 14°	65	11.1	16	5.2
Aug	17° / 14°	72	11.1	14.4	5.2
Sep	16° / 12°	70	10.7	12.4	4.7
Oct	14° / 10°	101	13.7	10.4	3.4
Nov	11° / 8°	96	13.7	8.6	2.4
Dec	9° / 6°	101	14.4	7.6	1.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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 (%)	21	21	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	79	79	78	78	79	79	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	74	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Douglas gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	31	31	30	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

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 52% 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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	53	53	54	55	56	56	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60
Comfortable (%)	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Humid (%)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	46	7
2	47	46	7
3	47	46	7
4	47	45	7
5	47	45	7
6	48	45	8
7	48	44	8
8	48	44	8
9	48	43	8
10	49	43	9
11	49	42	9
12	49	42	9
13	50	41	9
14	50	41	9
15	51	40	9
16	51	40	9
17	51	40	9
18	53	39	8
19	53	39	8
20	54	38	8
21	55	38	7
22	56	38	6
23	56	38	6
24	58	37	5
25	58	37	5
26	59	37	4
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	59	37	4
30	60	37	3
31	60	37	3

Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 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 5:01 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 7:18 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)	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	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	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:01	5:02	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:48	5:49
Sunset (PM)	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:20	7:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.3	5:01	8:19
2	15.3	5:02	8:17
3	15.2	5:04	8:16
4	15.1	5:05	8:14
5	15.1	5:07	8:12
6	15.0	5:08	8:10
7	15.0	5:10	8:09
8	14.9	5:12	8:07
9	14.9	5:13	8:05
10	14.8	5:15	8:03
11	14.7	5:16	8:01
12	14.7	5:18	7:59
13	14.6	5:20	7:57
14	14.6	5:21	7:55
15	14.5	5:23	7:53
16	14.4	5:25	7:51
17	14.4	5:26	7:49
18	14.3	5:28	7:47
19	14.3	5:30	7:45
20	14.2	5:31	7:43
21	14.1	5:33	7:41
22	14.1	5:34	7:38
23	14.0	5:36	7:36
24	13.9	5:38	7:34
25	13.9	5:39	7:32
26	13.8	5:41	7:30
27	13.7	5:43	7:27
28	13.7	5:44	7:25
29	13.6	5:46	7:23
30	13.5	5:48	7:20
31	13.5	5:49	7:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.12 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)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Douglas?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Douglas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Douglas in August

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

In August, Douglas sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Douglas in August

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 9°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)	10	9	9	10	12	14	16	16	16	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Douglas 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 Douglas peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Douglas?

Douglas sits at 51.9°N, 8.4°W, 11 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Cork, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Douglas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douglas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 916 m.

The land around Douglas is covered by grassland (36%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

171 m

grassland 36%

16 km

254 m

grassland 59%

80 km

916 m

grassland 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Cork 4.0 km · Carrigaline 7.0 km · Ballincollig 10 km · Cluain Meala 73 km · Killarney 76 km · Limerick 89 km · Tralee 97 km · Waterford 100 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 85% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $131,592; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 96%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; 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 Douglas (51.8744°, -8.435°, elevation 11 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	18	14
2	18	14
3	18	14
4	18	14
5	18	14
6	18	14
7	18	14
8	18	14
9	18	14
10	18	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	17	14
15	17	14
16	17	14
17	17	14
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13
31	17	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	46	7
2	47	46	7
3	47	46	7
4	47	45	7
5	47	45	7
6	48	45	8
7	48	44	8
8	48	44	8
9	48	43	8
10	49	43	9
11	49	42	9
12	49	42	9
13	50	41	9
14	50	41	9
15	51	40	9
16	51	40	9
17	51	40	9
18	53	39	8
19	53	39	8
20	54	38	8
21	55	38	7
22	56	38	6
23	56	38	6
24	58	37	5
25	58	37	5
26	59	37	4
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	59	37	4
30	60	37	3
31	60	37	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	46	7
2	47	46	7
3	47	46	7
4	47	45	7
5	47	45	7
6	48	45	8
7	48	44	8
8	48	44	8
9	48	43	8
10	49	43	9
11	49	42	9
12	49	42	9
13	50	41	9
14	50	41	9
15	51	40	9
16	51	40	9
17	51	40	9
18	53	39	8
19	53	39	8
20	54	38	8
21	55	38	7
22	56	38	6
23	56	38	6
24	58	37	5
25	58	37	5
26	59	37	4
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	59	37	4
30	60	37	3
31	60	37	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	46	7
2	47	46	7
3	47	46	7
4	47	45	7
5	47	45	7
6	48	45	8
7	48	44	8
8	48	44	8
9	48	43	8
10	49	43	9
11	49	42	9
12	49	42	9
13	50	41	9
14	50	41	9
15	51	40	9
16	51	40	9
17	51	40	9
18	53	39	8
19	53	39	8
20	54	38	8
21	55	38	7
22	56	38	6
23	56	38	6
24	58	37	5
25	58	37	5
26	59	37	4
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	59	37	4
30	60	37	3
31	60	37	3