Blaydon-on-Tyne weather in August

In August, Blaydon-on-Tyne sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 76 mm of rain across 13 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 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Blaydon-on-Tyne's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Blaydon-on-Tyne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:49 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Blaydon-on-Tyne is town in Tyneside, 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Blaydon-on-Tyne reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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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How August really feels in Blaydon-on-Tyne

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.

Blaydon-on-Tyne 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 / 5812.62.77.60.5
Feb / 5211.52.69.30.8
Mar / 4911.51.511.41.6
Apr11° / 5711.70.613.82.6
May14° / 5512.9015.83.7
Jun17° / 10°7012.80174.8
Jul19° / 12°7213.4016.55.5
Aug19° / 12°7613014.75.4
Sep16° / 10°5810.6012.54.8
Oct13° / 6212010.23.2
Nov / 6512.90.68.11.6
Dec / 6513.12.170.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Blaydon-on-Tyne gets around 76 mm of rain over 13 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
143
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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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
165287
266277
366277
465278
566268
666268
767258
867258
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2880191
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3081181
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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 42 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:21 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:218:05
215.74:238:03
315.64:248:01
415.54:267:59
515.54:287:57
615.44:307:55
715.44:327:53
815.34:347:51
915.24:357:49
1015.24:377:47
1115.14:397:45
1215.04:417:42
1315.04:437:40
1414.94:457:38
1514.84:477:36
1614.74:497:33
1714.74:507:31
1814.64:527:29
1914.54:547:26
2014.54:567:24
2114.44:587:22
2214.35:007:19
2314.25:027:17
2414.25:047:14
2514.15:067:12
2614.05:087:09
2714.05:107:07
2813.95:117:04
2913.85:137:02
3013.75:156:59
3113.75:176:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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144.0Moderate
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213.8Moderate
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233.7Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Blaydon-on-Tyne?

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
2.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Blaydon-on-Tyne for sightseeing.

What to pack for Blaydon-on-Tyne in August

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

In August, Blaydon-on-Tyne sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Blaydon-on-Tyne 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 24 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 Blaydon-on-Tyne 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 Blaydon-on-Tyne 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
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Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Blaydon-on-Tyne?

Blaydon-on-Tyne sits at 55.0°N, 1.7°W, 10 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Whickham, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Blaydon-on-Tyne

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Blaydon-on-Tyne.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Blaydon-on-Tyne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m.

The land around Blaydon-on-Tyne is covered by trees (35%), artificial surfaces (34%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (24%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
315 m
80 km
900 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Whickham 3.0 km · Newburn 3.0 km · Newcastle upon Tyne 6.0 km · Gateshead 7.0 km · Gosforth 7.0 km · Felling 9.0 km · Stanley 11 km · Wallsend 12 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 Blaydon-on-Tyne (54.9646°, -1.7139°, 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).