Coleraine weather in August

In August, Coleraine sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 104 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Coleraine's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coleraine's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 104 mm; 16.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 5:08 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 4th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Coleraine is town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical August day in Coleraine reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

Coleraine 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 6°	124	20.3	0.6	7.5	1.0
Feb	8° / 5°	100	16.9	1	9.2	0.9
Mar	8° / 6°	91	16	0.8	11.4	1.1
Apr	9° / 7°	78	13.9	0.2	13.8	1.6
May	11° / 9°	71	13.4	0	15.8	2.3
Jun	13° / 11°	86	14.6	0	17	2.9
Jul	14° / 13°	95	16.1	0	16.5	3.5
Aug	15° / 13°	104	16.2	0	14.7	3.7
Sep	14° / 12°	101	16.3	0	12.5	3.5
Oct	12° / 10°	139	18.9	0	10.2	2.6
Nov	10° / 8°	149	20.8	0.2	8.1	1.7
Dec	9° / 6°	147	20	0.7	7	1.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	28
Cloudier (%)	76	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	74	74	73	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Coleraine gets around 104 mm of rain over 16.2 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 53% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	55
14	55
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	53
23	53
24	52
25	51
26	51
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84
Comfortable (%)	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	light breeze
2	20	breezy
3	20	breezy
4	20	breezy
5	20	breezy
6	20	breezy
7	20	breezy
8	20	breezy
9	20	breezy
10	21	breezy
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18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	22	breezy
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24	22	breezy
25	22	breezy
26	22	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy
31	23	breezy

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 4:40 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 7:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:40	4:42	4:43	4:45	4:47	4:49	4:51	4:53	4:55	4:56	4:58	5:00	5:02	5:04	5:06	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:19	5:21	5:23	5:25	5:27	5:29	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:37
Sunset (PM)	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:44	7:42	7:39	7:37	7:34	7:32	7:29	7:27	7:24	7:22	7:19	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.8	4:40	8:26
2	15.7	4:42	8:24
3	15.6	4:43	8:22
4	15.6	4:45	8:20
5	15.5	4:47	8:18
6	15.4	4:49	8:16
7	15.4	4:51	8:14
8	15.3	4:53	8:12
9	15.2	4:55	8:09
10	15.2	4:56	8:07
11	15.1	4:58	8:05
12	15.0	5:00	8:03
13	15.0	5:02	8:01
14	14.9	5:04	7:58
15	14.8	5:06	7:56
16	14.8	5:08	7:54
17	14.7	5:10	7:51
18	14.6	5:12	7:49
19	14.6	5:14	7:47
20	14.5	5:15	7:44
21	14.4	5:17	7:42
22	14.3	5:19	7:39
23	14.3	5:21	7:37
24	14.2	5:23	7:34
25	14.1	5:25	7:32
26	14.0	5:27	7:29
27	14.0	5:29	7:27
28	13.9	5:31	7:24
29	13.8	5:33	7:22
30	13.7	5:35	7:19
31	13.7	5:37	7:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Coleraine?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Coleraine.

What to pack for Coleraine in August

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

In August, Coleraine sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Coleraine in August

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 27 km away) is warmest in September at about 14°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	8	9	11	13	14	14	13	12	10
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	9	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	10	Bracing

UV index in Coleraine in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coleraine peaks around July 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Coleraine?

Coleraine sits at 55.1°N, 6.7°W, 5 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ballymena, 39 km away.

Topography around Coleraine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coleraine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 675 m.

The land around Coleraine is covered by grassland (54%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and water (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

grassland 54%

16 km

385 m

grassland 57%

80 km

675 m

grassland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Coleraine year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ballymena 39 km · Derry 44 km · Londonderry County Borough 44 km · Antrim 55 km · Larne 63 km · Letterkenny 71 km · Newtownabbey 72 km · Omagh 72 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

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 Coleraine (55.1333°, -6.6667°, elevation 5 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	55
14	55
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	53
23	53
24	52
25	51
26	51
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	55
14	55
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	53
23	53
24	52
25	51
26	51
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	55
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	55
14	55
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	53
23	53
24	52
25	51
26	51
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16