Aberdeen weather in August

In August, Aberdeen sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 66 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Aberdeen's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aberdeen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 4:43 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 10th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Aberdeen is city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,051/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1175

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 15°C through the month.

A typical August day in Aberdeen reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

How August really feels in Aberdeen

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.

Aberdeen 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 4°	70	14.1	1.1	7.1	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	55	11.8	1.7	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 4°	55	12.5	1.2	11.4	0.9
Apr	8° / 6°	52	11.4	0.4	13.9	1.4
May	10° / 8°	48	10.5	0	16.2	2.4
Jun	13° / 10°	60	11.2	0	17.5	3.3
Jul	15° / 12°	59	11.8	0	17	4.1
Aug	15° / 13°	66	12.3	0	15	4.3
Sep	14° / 11°	66	12.1	0	12.5	3.7
Oct	12° / 9°	98	15.7	0	10	2.6
Nov	9° / 7°	92	15.4	0.4	7.8	1.6
Dec	7° / 5°	74	14.2	0.9	6.5	0.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 71%.

	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 (%)	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32
Cloudier (%)	73	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Aberdeen gets around 66 mm of rain over 12.3 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 40% 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 (%)	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	39
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	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

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 80% 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 (%)	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90
Comfortable (%)	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
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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	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:12 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 8:17 PM to 7:02 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)	16.1	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:12	4:14	4:16	4:18	4:20	4:22	4:24	4:26	4:28	4:30	4:32	4:34	4:36	4:38	4:41	4:43	4:45	4:47	4:49	4:51	4:53	4:55	4:57	5:00	5:02	5:04	5:06	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:14
Sunset (PM)	8:17	8:15	8:13	8:11	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:52	7:50	7:47	7:45	7:42	7:40	7:37	7:35	7:32	7:29	7:27	7:24	7:22	7:19	7:16	7:13	7:11	7:08	7:05	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.1	4:12	8:17
2	16.0	4:14	8:15
3	16.0	4:16	8:13
4	15.9	4:18	8:11
5	15.8	4:20	8:08
6	15.7	4:22	8:06
7	15.7	4:24	8:04
8	15.6	4:26	8:02
9	15.5	4:28	7:59
10	15.4	4:30	7:57
11	15.4	4:32	7:55
12	15.3	4:34	7:52
13	15.2	4:36	7:50
14	15.1	4:38	7:47
15	15.1	4:41	7:45
16	15.0	4:43	7:42
17	14.9	4:45	7:40
18	14.8	4:47	7:37
19	14.8	4:49	7:35
20	14.7	4:51	7:32
21	14.6	4:53	7:29
22	14.5	4:55	7:27
23	14.4	4:57	7:24
24	14.4	5:00	7:22
25	14.3	5:02	7:19
26	14.2	5:04	7:16
27	14.1	5:06	7:13
28	14.0	5:08	7:11
29	14.0	5:10	7:08
30	13.9	5:12	7:05
31	13.8	5:14	7:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.12 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4 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)	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Aberdeen?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Aberdeen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Aberdeen in August

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

In August, Aberdeen sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Aberdeen in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°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	6	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — 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	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Aberdeen?

Aberdeen sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 13 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Nigg, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Aberdeen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aberdeen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,151 m.

The land around Aberdeen is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (46%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

artificial surfaces 48%

16 km

263 m

water 46%

80 km

1,151 m

grassland 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Nigg 3.0 km · Peterhead 44 km · Arbroath 71 km · Dundee 92 km · Elgin 92 km · Saint Andrews 99 km · Perth 116 km · Glenrothes 124 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; 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 Aberdeen (57.1437°, -2.0981°, elevation 13 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	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	39
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	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	39
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	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	39
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	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10