Bedlington weather in August

In August, Bedlington sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°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 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bedlington's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bedlington's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:48 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Bedlington is town in North East Northumberland, England.

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 17°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bedlington reaches about 17°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 19°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bedlington

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.

Bedlington weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7114.41.47.50.7
Feb / 5712.31.59.20.7
Mar / 5212.11.211.41.1
Apr / 5110.40.213.81.8
May11° / 4710.4015.82.8
Jun14° / 11°6511.70173.8
Jul16° / 13°6912.5016.54.8
Aug17° / 13°7512.3014.74.8
Sep15° / 11°6310.7012.54.2
Oct12° / 7913.4010.23.0
Nov10° / 8915.20.48.11.8
Dec / 7814.60.971.0

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 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33169
43169
53169
63169
73070
83169
93169
103070
113070
123070
133169
143169
153268
163268
173169
183268
193268
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213268
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313466

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bedlington gets around 75 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
238
338
439
539
640
740
840
941
1041
1141
1242
1342
1443
1543
1643
1743
1843
1943
2042
2142
2241
2340
2440
2539
2638
2738
2837
2936
3036
3135

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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
163334
264324
363325
463325
564315
664315
765305
865305
966295
1066295
1166295
1267294
1367294
1467294
1567294
1668293
1768293
1869292
1970282
2070282
2172271
2272271
2373261
2474251
2575241
2675241
2777230
2878220
2979210
3080200
3181190

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
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3119light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:20 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 6:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.84:208:05
215.74:218:03
315.64:238:01
415.64:257:59
515.54:277:57
615.44:297:55
715.44:317:53
815.34:327:51
915.24:347:49
1015.24:367:47
1115.14:387:45
1215.04:407:43
1315.04:427:40
1414.94:447:38
1514.84:467:36
1614.84:487:33
1714.74:497:31
1814.64:517:29
1914.64:537:26
2014.54:557:24
2114.44:577:22
2214.34:597:19
2314.35:017:17
2414.25:037:14
2514.15:057:12
2614.05:077:09
2714.05:097:07
2813.95:117:04
2913.85:137:02
3013.75:156:59
3113.75:166:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
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134.2Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
194.0Bright
204.0Bright
214.0Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bedlington?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Bedlington for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bedlington in August

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

In August, Bedlington sees daytime highs around 17°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 Bedlington in August

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 15°C and coldest in March 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 Bedlington 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 Bedlington peaks around July 24 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 24UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bedlington?

Bedlington sits at 55.1°N, 1.6°W, 49 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Cramlington, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Bedlington

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bedlington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Bedlington is covered by cropland (35%), trees (26%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, water (27%), grassland (25%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
221 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Cramlington 5.0 km · Blyth 5.0 km · Ashington 6.0 km · Whitley Bay 14 km · Gosforth 15 km · North Shields 16 km · Wallsend 16 km · Tynemouth 16 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 Bedlington (55.1306°, -1.5932°, elevation 49 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).