Bishop Auckland weather in August

In August, Bishop Auckland sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 75 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bishop Auckland's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bishop Auckland's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:49 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
73%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Bishop Auckland is town and civil parish in County Durham, England.

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 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Bishop Auckland reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Bishop Auckland weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6413.63.37.60.4
Feb / 58123.29.30.6
Mar / 5312.12.311.51.4
Apr11° / 5912.40.813.72.4
May14° / 5712.9015.83.5
Jun16° / 10°7313016.94.6
Jul19° / 11°7313.4016.55.4
Aug18° / 11°7513.4014.75.3
Sep16° / 6210.6012.54.6
Oct12° / 6412.30.110.23.0
Nov / 70130.98.21.5
Dec / 7213.72.37.10.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
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72773
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bishop Auckland gets around 75 mm of rain over 13.4 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 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
144
244
344
445
545
645
745
845
945
1045
1145
1246
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1547
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2144
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2739
2839
2938
3037
3137

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 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
168275
268275
368266
468266
569256
669256
770246
870246
970246
1071236
1171236
1272235
1372235
1472235
1572235
1673234
1773234
1874233
1974233
2076222
2176222
2277212
2378211
2479201
2580191
2680191
2781181
2881181
2982171
3083161
3183161

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
213light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 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 4:22 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 8:03 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:228:03
215.64:248:02
315.64:268:00
415.54:277:58
515.44:297:56
615.44:317:54
715.34:337:52
815.34:357:50
915.24:367:48
1015.14:387:45
1115.14:407:43
1215.04:427:41
1314.94:447:39
1414.94:467:37
1514.84:487:35
1614.74:497:32
1714.64:517:30
1814.64:537:28
1914.54:557:25
2014.44:577:23
2114.44:597:21
2214.35:017:18
2314.25:037:16
2414.15:047:13
2514.15:067:11
2614.05:087:08
2713.95:107:06
2813.95:127:03
2913.85:147:01
3013.75:166:58
3113.65:186:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 4.89 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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64.2Bright
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94.1Bright
104.0Bright
114.0Bright
124.0Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.9Moderate
153.9Moderate
163.9Moderate
173.8Moderate
183.8Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.7Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.7Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.3Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bishop Auckland?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bishop Auckland for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bishop Auckland in August

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

In August, Bishop Auckland sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Bishop Auckland 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 31 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
Jan7Bracing
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UV index in Bishop Auckland 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 Bishop Auckland peaks around August 10 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bishop Auckland?

Bishop Auckland sits at 54.7°N, 1.7°W, 110 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Spennymoor, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Bishop Auckland

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bishop Auckland has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 114 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Bishop Auckland is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
342 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Spennymoor 7.0 km · Newton Aycliffe 8.0 km · Durham 15 km · Darlington 17 km · Chester-le-Street 24 km · Stanley 24 km · Consett 24 km · Houghton-Le-Spring 25 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 Bishop Auckland (54.6555°, -1.6771°, elevation 110 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).