Flint weather in August

In August, Flint sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 78 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Flint's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flint's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:59 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
74%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Flint is town in Wales, United Kingdom.

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 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Flint reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 6°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 Flint

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.

Flint weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6513.21.17.90.9
Feb / 5611.91.19.41.0
Mar / 6112.90.811.51.8
Apr12° / 6513.20.413.62.9
May15° / 6812.9015.64.1
Jun18° / 11°8113.4016.65.0
Jul19° / 13°8313.9016.25.4
Aug19° / 13°7813.9014.65.4
Sep17° / 11°6812.3012.44.8
Oct13° / 7213.40.110.33.4
Nov10° / 7414.20.28.41.9
Dec / 7713.70.97.41.0

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
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62674
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Flint gets around 78 mm of rain over 13.9 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
147
247
347
447
547
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747
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947
1047
1147
1247
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3138

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
150428
251418
352408
452399
553389
654379
754379
855369
955369
1056359
1156359
1256359
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1457358
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1658348
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1961336
2061336
2163325
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2364315
2466304
2566304
2667294
2768284
2869283
2970273
3071263
3171263

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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:34 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 8:03 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:348:03
215.44:368:01
315.44:378:00
415.34:397:58
515.34:417:56
615.24:427:54
715.14:447:52
815.14:467:50
915.04:477:48
1015.04:497:46
1114.94:517:44
1214.84:527:42
1314.84:547:40
1414.74:567:38
1514.64:587:36
1614.64:597:34
1714.55:017:32
1814.45:037:29
1914.45:057:27
2014.35:077:25
2114.25:087:23
2214.25:107:20
2314.15:127:18
2414.05:147:16
2514.05:157:13
2613.95:177:11
2713.85:197:09
2813.85:217:06
2913.75:227:04
3013.65:247:02
3113.65:266:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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214.0Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Flint?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Flint for sightseeing.

What to pack for Flint in August

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

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

rain gear

Sea temperature near Flint 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 14 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
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Flint 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 Flint peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Flint?

Flint sits at 53.2°N, 3.1°W, 29 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Deeside, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Flint

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flint has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 549 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Flint is covered by grassland (40%) and water (25%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
164 m
16 km
549 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Deeside 8.0 km · Buckley 9.0 km · Heswall 9.0 km · Hawarden 10 km · Bebington 14 km · Ellesmere Port Town 16 km · Chester 17 km · Moreton 17 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 Flint (53.2449°, -3.1323°, elevation 29 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).