Ashford weather in August

In August, Ashford sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 65 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ashford's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ashford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:49 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Ashford is town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England.

Founded
~893 CE

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ashford reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Ashford

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.

Ashford weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5410.90.78.21.0
Feb / 459.51.19.61.1
Mar10° / 43100.411.52.2
Apr13° / 5011.20.113.53.5
May16° / 5710.5015.34.9
Jun19° / 12°5810016.25.9
Jul22° / 14°5911.1015.96.4
Aug22° / 14°6510.5014.46.4
Sep19° / 12°509.6012.45.9
Oct15° / 6110.7010.44.2
Nov10° / 61110.18.72.3
Dec / 6011.50.97.81.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
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63961
73862
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ashford gets around 65 mm of rain over 10.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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436
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13547170
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83746161
93746161
103845161
113845161
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214543120
224642110
234741110
244940110
255139100
265139100
27533890
28543790
29553780
30563680
31583570

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 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 4:26 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 6:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:267:39
215.24:287:37
315.14:297:36
415.14:317:34
515.04:327:32
615.04:347:31
714.94:357:29
814.84:377:27
914.84:387:25
1014.74:407:24
1114.74:417:22
1214.64:437:20
1314.64:447:18
1414.54:467:16
1514.44:487:14
1614.44:497:12
1714.34:517:10
1814.34:527:08
1914.24:547:06
2014.14:567:04
2114.14:577:02
2214.04:597:00
2313.95:006:57
2413.95:026:55
2513.85:046:53
2613.85:056:51
2713.75:076:49
2813.65:096:46
2913.65:106:44
3013.55:126:42
3113.45:136:40

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.4Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ashford?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Ashford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ashford in August

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

In August, Ashford sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ashford in August

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 30 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
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May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Ashford 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 Ashford peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ashford?

Ashford sits at 51.1°N, 0.9°E, 50 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Faversham, 19 km away.

Topography around Ashford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ashford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m.

The land around Ashford is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), grassland (33%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
208 m
80 km
347 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Faversham 19 km · Canterbury 21 km · Folkestone 22 km · Sittingbourne 24 km · Whitstable 26 km · Maidstone 28 km · Dover 31 km · Herne Bay 31 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 Ashford (51.1465°, 0.8738°, elevation 50 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).