Coity weather in August

In August, Coity sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 91 mm of rain across 13.3 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Coity's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coity's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:06 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
69%
5th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Coity is village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, 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 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Coity reaches about 19°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 22°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 Coity

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.

Coity 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 / 10615.10.88.11.0
Feb / 7911.80.89.61.1
Mar / 7212.30.511.51.8
Apr12° / 6911.60.213.52.9
May15° / 7412.6015.34.0
Jun17° / 12°7411.5016.35.1
Jul19° / 14°7812.7015.95.6
Aug19° / 14°9113.3014.45.5
Sep17° / 12°8111.8012.45.0
Oct14° / 11514.5010.43.5
Nov11° / 1131508.62.1
Dec / 11914.50.57.71.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43763
53565
63565
73565
83466
93466
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113466
123466
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Coity gets around 91 mm of rain over 13.3 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
344
444
544
644
743
843
943
1043
1143
1243
1343
1443
1544
1644
1744
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2044
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2243
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3037
3136

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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14149101
24148101
34247101
44345111
54444111
64542111
74641121
84740121
94739121
104839122
114838122
124938121
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205138101
215238100
22533890
23543790
24553780
25553780
26573670
27573670
28583660
29593560
30603550
31613450

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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515light breeze
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815light breeze
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1016light breeze
1116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 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 4:42 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:427:58
215.24:447:57
315.24:457:55
415.14:477:53
515.14:487:51
615.04:507:50
714.94:527:48
814.94:537:46
914.84:557:44
1014.84:567:42
1114.74:587:41
1214.75:007:39
1314.65:017:37
1414.55:037:35
1514.55:047:33
1614.45:067:31
1714.45:087:29
1814.35:097:27
1914.25:117:24
2014.25:127:22
2114.15:147:20
2214.05:167:18
2314.05:177:16
2413.95:197:14
2513.85:217:12
2613.85:227:09
2713.75:247:07
2813.75:267:05
2913.65:277:03
3013.55:297:00
3113.55:316:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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44.7Bright
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204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
254.0Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Coity?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Coity for sightseeing.

What to pack for Coity in August

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

In August, Coity sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Coity in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 18°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Coity 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 Coity peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Coity?

Coity sits at 51.5°N, 3.6°W, 64 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bridgend, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Coity

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coity has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m.

The land around Coity is covered by trees (35%), grassland (35%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
571 m
80 km
864 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bridgend 2.0 km · Porthcawl 11 km · Maesteg 12 km · Tonypandy 13 km · Rhondda 17 km · Pontypridd 17 km · Briton Ferry 22 km · Aberdare 23 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 Coity (51.522°, -3.5553°, elevation 64 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).