Crewe weather in August

In August, Crewe sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 66 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. 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 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Crewe's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crewe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:57 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
73%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Crewe is railway town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, 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 20°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Crewe reaches about 20°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 23°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 Crewe

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.

Crewe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5712.41.27.90.8
Feb / 5011.21.49.51.0
Mar10° / 5311.80.811.51.9
Apr12° / 5612.40.313.63.0
May15° / 5911.8015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°6811.9016.65.3
Jul20° / 12°6512.4016.25.8
Aug20° / 12°6612.1014.55.7
Sep17° / 10°5911012.45.1
Oct13° / 6712.4010.33.5
Nov10° / 6412.80.38.41.9
Dec / 6612.70.97.40.9

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 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
82971
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112971
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Crewe gets around 66 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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541
641
741
841
941
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1141
1241
1341
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3135

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 64% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
156377
256368
357358
457349
558339
659329
7583210
8593110
9593110
10603010
11603010
12603010
13603010
1461309
1561309
1662299
1763298
1863298
1964297
2065296
2166286
2267285
2368275
2470264
2570264
2671254
2772253
2873243
2973243
3075232
3175232

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:32 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:328:00
215.44:337:58
315.44:357:56
415.34:377:55
515.24:387:53
615.24:407:51
715.14:427:49
815.14:437:47
915.04:457:45
1014.94:477:43
1114.94:487:41
1214.84:507:39
1314.84:527:37
1414.74:547:35
1514.64:557:33
1614.64:577:31
1714.54:597:28
1814.45:017:26
1914.45:027:24
2014.35:047:22
2114.25:067:20
2214.25:087:17
2314.15:097:15
2414.05:117:13
2514.05:137:10
2613.95:157:08
2713.85:167:06
2813.85:187:03
2913.75:207:01
3013.65:226:59
3113.55:236:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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154.0Bright
164.0Moderate
174.0Moderate
183.9Moderate
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203.9Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.7Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Crewe?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Crewe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Crewe in August

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

In August, Crewe sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Crewe 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 55 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Crewe 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 Crewe peaks around August 12 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 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Crewe?

Crewe sits at 53.1°N, 2.4°W, 60 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Nantwich, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Crewe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crewe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 52 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 828 m.

The land around Crewe is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), grassland (31%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
315 m
80 km
828 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Nantwich 6.0 km · Sandbach 7.0 km · Winsford 12 km · Kidsgrove 14 km · Congleton 17 km · Newcastle under Lyme 18 km · Biddulph 18 km · Northwich 19 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 Crewe (53.0979°, -2.4416°, elevation 60 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).