Clydesdale weather in August

In August, Clydesdale sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 38 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Clydesdale's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Clydesdale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:37 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Clydesdale 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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
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	23	9
21	23	9
22	23	9
23	23	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	10
31	23	10

Clydesdale weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	135	18.1	13.7	5.3
Feb	26° / 17°	115	15.3	13.1	5.5
Mar	26° / 15°	102	15.1	12.2	6.0
Apr	24° / 13°	61	9.4	11.3	7.2
May	23° / 10°	26	5.2	10.5	8.1
Jun	21° / 7°	23	3.3	10.1	8.2
Jul	21° / 6°	29	3.6	10.2	8.1
Aug	22° / 8°	38	6.4	10.9	7.8
Sep	23° / 11°	56	9	11.8	7.2
Oct	23° / 12°	92	15.6	12.7	6.0
Nov	24° / 13°	110	16.7	13.5	5.6
Dec	25° / 15°	130	19.4	13.9	5.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	80	80	80	80	80	79	78	78	78	76	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	69	70	70	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	24	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	30	30	31	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Clydesdale gets around 38 mm of rain over 6.4 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

Wind in August

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:40 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)	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:51	5:22
2	10.5	6:50	5:23
3	10.6	6:49	5:23
4	10.6	6:48	5:24
5	10.6	6:48	5:24
6	10.6	6:47	5:25
7	10.7	6:46	5:26
8	10.7	6:45	5:26
9	10.7	6:44	5:27
10	10.7	6:43	5:28
11	10.8	6:42	5:28
12	10.8	6:41	5:29
13	10.8	6:40	5:29
14	10.8	6:40	5:30
15	10.9	6:39	5:31
16	10.9	6:37	5:31
17	10.9	6:36	5:32
18	10.9	6:35	5:32
19	11.0	6:34	5:33
20	11.0	6:33	5:34
21	11.0	6:32	5:34
22	11.1	6:31	5:35
23	11.1	6:30	5:35
24	11.1	6:29	5:36
25	11.1	6:28	5:37
26	11.2	6:26	5:37
27	11.2	6:25	5:38
28	11.2	6:24	5:38
29	11.3	6:23	5:39
30	11.3	6:22	5:39
31	11.3	6:20	5:40

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.08 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Clydesdale

In seasonPeak

None of Clydesdale's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Clydesdale's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Clydesdale?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Clydesdale for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Clydesdale in August

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

In August, Clydesdale sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	12	11	6	5	4	4	6	6	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale is worst in July — around 92 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 23 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)	24	31	37	52	74	77	92	75	57	39	37	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	52	Poor
May	74	Unhealthy
Jun	77	Unhealthy
Jul	92	Unhealthy
Aug	75	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Clydesdale?

Clydesdale sits at 30.3°S, 29.9°E, 796 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Kokstad, 56 km away.

Topography around Clydesdale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Clydesdale has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m around an average of 822 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,100 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,307 m.

The land around Clydesdale is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

328 m

grassland 78%

16 km

1,100 m

grassland 68%

80 km

2,307 m

grassland 57%

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

August weather nearby: Kokstad 56 km · Richmond 57 km · Ga-Malakhe 68 km · eMuziwezinto 70 km · Port Shepstone 70 km · Margate 75 km · Scottburgh 78 km · eMkhomazi 83 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Clydesdale (-30.2983°, 29.9377°, elevation 796 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	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
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	23	9
21	23	9
22	23	9
23	23	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
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	23	9
21	23	9
22	23	9
23	23	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
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	23	9
21	23	9
22	23	9
23	23	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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