Bideford weather in August

In August, Bideford sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 73 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Bideford's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bideford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:10 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
70%
5th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Bideford is town in Devon, England, UK.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bideford reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°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 Bideford

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.

Bideford 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 / 8815.60.48.21.2
Feb / 7012.30.59.61.3
Mar10° / 6512.70.311.51.9
Apr12° / 6111.8013.52.8
May14° / 6011.7015.33.9
Jun16° / 12°6311.8016.24.8
Jul18° / 14°6612.9015.85.5
Aug18° / 14°7313.4014.35.4
Sep17° / 12°6311.7012.45.0
Oct14° / 10°9315.1010.43.5
Nov11° / 10116.108.72.2
Dec / 10615.60.27.81.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23466
33367
43367
53367
63367
73367
83367
93367
103367
113268
123268
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313664

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bideford gets around 73 mm of rain over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
142
242
342
442
542
643
743
843
943
1044
1144
1245
1346
1446
1547
1647
1747
1848
1947
2047
2146
2245
2344
2443
2542
2641
2740
2839
2938
3037
3137

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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13256120
23254131
33353131
43353131
53452131
63550141
73650141
83649141
93748141
103847141
113847141
123946141
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154046141
164046131
174046131
184046131
194146121
204146120
214246110
224346110
234446100
244545100
25464590
26474580
27474580
28484470
29494470
30514360
31524260

Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3117light breeze

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 4:47 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 7:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:477:59
215.24:487:57
315.14:507:56
415.04:517:54
515.04:537:52
614.94:547:51
714.94:567:49
814.84:577:47
914.84:597:45
1014.75:007:43
1114.75:027:42
1214.65:047:40
1314.55:057:38
1414.55:077:36
1514.45:087:34
1614.45:107:32
1714.35:127:30
1814.25:137:28
1914.25:157:26
2014.15:167:24
2114.15:187:22
2214.05:197:20
2313.95:217:17
2413.95:237:15
2513.85:247:13
2613.85:267:11
2713.75:287:09
2813.65:297:07
2913.65:317:04
3013.55:327:02
3113.45:347:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
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94.6Bright
104.5Bright
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144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.1Bright
234.1Bright
244.0Bright
254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
274.0Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bideford?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bideford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bideford in August

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

In August, Bideford sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Bideford 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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

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

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Bideford in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bideford peaks around August 13 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bideford?

Bideford sits at 51.0°N, 4.2°W, 42 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Barnstaple, 13 km away.

SaltashSwansea

Topography around Bideford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bideford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m.

The land around Bideford is covered by grassland (44%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
649 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Barnstaple 13 km · Tiverton 52 km · Exeter 58 km · Heavitree 60 km · Porthcawl 62 km · Saltash 68 km · Newton Abbot 69 km · Swansea 70 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 Bideford (51.0168°, -4.2083°, elevation 42 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).