Arbroath weather in August

In August, Arbroath sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
16°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:47 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Arbroath is town in Angus, Scotland, UK.

Density
3,035/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical August day in Arbroath reaches about 16°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 14°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Arbroath

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Arbroath weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8214.80.97.20.7
Feb / 5911.31.39.10.6
Mar / 6011.9111.41.0
Apr / 5110.50.213.91.6
May11° / 5210.6016.12.5
Jun13° / 11°6311.9017.33.4
Jul15° / 13°6712.5016.84.2
Aug16° / 13°7212.5014.94.4
Sep14° / 11°6711.8012.53.9
Oct12° / 10114.2010.12.8
Nov / 9515.30.37.91.7
Dec / 8513.90.76.70.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
22971
32872
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72971
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Arbroath gets around 72 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
170300
270300
371290
471290
572280
672280
773270
873270
974260
1073261
1174251
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2179210
2280200
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2583170
2684160
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2886140
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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917light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 16 hours 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 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:17 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 7:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.04:178:16
215.94:198:14
315.94:218:12
415.84:238:10
515.74:258:08
615.74:268:06
715.64:288:03
815.54:308:01
915.44:327:59
1015.44:347:57
1115.34:367:54
1215.24:397:52
1315.14:417:49
1415.14:437:47
1515.04:457:45
1614.94:477:42
1714.94:497:40
1814.84:517:37
1914.74:537:35
2014.64:557:32
2114.54:577:30
2214.54:597:27
2314.45:017:24
2414.35:037:22
2514.25:057:19
2614.25:077:17
2714.15:097:14
2814.05:117:11
2913.95:137:09
3013.85:167:06
3113.85:187:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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44.5Bright
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174.0Bright
184.0Bright
194.0Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Arbroath?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Arbroath for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arbroath in August

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

In August, Arbroath sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Arbroath in August

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 14°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Arbroath 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 Arbroath peaks around June 21 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arbroath?

Arbroath sits at 56.6°N, 2.6°W, 10 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Dundee, 26 km away.

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Topography around Arbroath

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arbroath has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m.

The land around Arbroath is covered by water (31%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, water (51%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
1,196 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Dundee 26 km · Saint Andrews 28 km · Glenrothes 55 km · Perth 55 km · Kirkcaldy 61 km · Nigg 68 km · Aberdeen 71 km · Musselburgh 75 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
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Arbroath (56.5632°, -2.5874°, 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).