Richmond weather in August

In August, Richmond sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 114 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 38% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Richmond's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Richmond's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 114 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:21 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Richmond is town in Tasman District, New Zealand.

Air quality: Good; PM10 19.9 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 1,149/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1854

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 Richmond reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler 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)	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	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

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

Richmond weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-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	19° / 14°	102	9.8	14.6	6.3
Feb	20° / 14°	80	8.1	13.7	6.5
Mar	18° / 13°	93	8.8	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	108	10.5	10.9	4.9
May	13° / 9°	120	10.7	9.7	3.9
Jun	11° / 7°	127	10.6	9.1	2.8
Jul	10° / 6°	110	9.4	9.3	2.5
Aug	11° / 6°	114	11.8	10.3	2.6
Sep	12° / 7°	117	12.2	11.7	3.2
Oct	14° / 9°	131	13	13.1	3.9
Nov	16° / 10°	109	11.6	14.3	4.7
Dec	18° / 13°	125	12.8	14.9	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 45%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	52	51	50	50	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	53	53	54	55	56	56	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	57
Cloudier (%)	48	49	50	50	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	47	47	46	45	44	44	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Richmond gets around 114 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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	36	37	37	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36

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

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 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
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12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
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27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:41 AM to 7:58 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:57 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:41	8:40	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:23	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:01	7:59	7:58
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:41	6:26
2	9.8	8:40	6:27
3	9.8	8:38	6:28
4	9.9	8:37	6:29
5	9.9	8:36	6:30
6	9.9	8:35	6:31
7	10.0	8:34	6:32
8	10.0	8:32	6:33
9	10.0	8:31	6:34
10	10.1	8:30	6:35
11	10.1	8:28	6:36
12	10.2	8:27	6:37
13	10.2	8:26	6:38
14	10.2	8:24	6:39
15	10.3	8:23	6:40
16	10.3	8:21	6:41
17	10.4	8:20	6:42
18	10.4	8:19	6:43
19	10.5	8:17	6:44
20	10.5	8:16	6:45
21	10.5	8:14	6:46
22	10.6	8:12	6:47
23	10.6	8:11	6:49
24	10.7	8:09	6:50
25	10.7	8:08	6:51
26	10.8	8:06	6:52
27	10.8	8:04	6:53
28	10.8	8:03	6:54
29	10.9	8:01	6:55
30	10.9	7:59	6:56
31	11.0	7:58	6:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.65 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)	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
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	2.1	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Richmond?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Richmond.

What to pack for Richmond in August

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

In August, Richmond sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Richmond in August

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 24 km away) is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 12°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)	19	20	19	17	15	14	12	12	12	14	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Richmond in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Richmond peaks around January 1 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	9	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Richmond?

Richmond sits at 41.3°S, 173.2°E, 10 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Stoke, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Richmond

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Richmond has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,288 m.

The land around Richmond is covered by grassland (27%), water (27%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (24%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (52%), water (23%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

330 m

grassland 27%

16 km

1,512 m

trees 48%

80 km

2,288 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Stoke 5.0 km · Nelson 11 km · Blenheim 67 km · Picton 69 km · Kaikoura 127 km · Karori 130 km · Wellington 133 km · Porirua 141 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; 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 Richmond (-41.3333°, 173.1833°, elevation 10 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	6
2	11	6
3	11	6
4	11	6
5	11	6
6	11	6
7	11	6
8	11	6
9	11	6
10	11	6
11	11	6
12	11	6
13	11	6
14	11	6
15	11	6
16	11	6
17	11	6
18	11	6
19	11	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	12	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	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