Kingston upon Hull weather in August

In August, Kingston upon Hull sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-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 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kingston upon Hull's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kingston upon Hull's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:47 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
69%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Kingston upon Hull is city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK.

Founded
1101

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 Kingston upon Hull 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 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Kingston upon Hull

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.

Kingston upon Hull weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5411.717.80.8
Feb / 4410.21.39.41.0
Mar / 46110.911.51.8
Apr11° / 5010.90.113.72.7
May14° / 5210.2015.64.0
Jun17° / 11°6712016.75.0
Jul19° / 13°6612.5016.35.7
Aug19° / 13°6711.5014.65.8
Sep17° / 11°5710.2012.55.2
Oct14° / 6311.7010.33.6
Nov10° / 6212.50.38.32.0
Dec / 5811.90.87.31.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kingston upon Hull gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:21 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.64:217:54
215.54:227:52
315.44:247:51
415.44:267:49
515.34:277:47
615.34:297:45
715.24:317:43
815.14:337:41
915.14:347:39
1015.04:367:37
1114.94:387:35
1214.94:407:33
1314.84:417:31
1414.84:437:28
1514.74:457:26
1614.64:477:24
1714.64:497:22
1814.54:507:20
1914.44:527:17
2014.44:547:15
2114.34:567:13
2214.24:587:10
2314.14:597:08
2414.15:017:06
2514.05:037:03
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2713.95:076:59
2813.85:086:56
2913.75:106:54
3013.75:126:51
3113.65:146:49

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.0Moderate
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273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kingston upon Hull?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kingston upon Hull for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kingston upon Hull in August

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

In August, Kingston upon Hull sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Kingston upon Hull 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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

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UV index in Kingston upon Hull in August

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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 Kingston upon Hull peaks around August 12 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 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Kingston upon Hull?

Kingston upon Hull sits at 53.7°N, 0.3°W, 8 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Beverley, 13 km away.

Topography around Kingston upon Hull

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kingston upon Hull has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 388 m.

The land around Kingston upon Hull is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and water (33%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
388 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Beverley 13 km · Brough 16 km · Grimsby 26 km · Scunthorpe 28 km · Cleethorpes 29 km · Goole 36 km · Bridlington 39 km · Thorne 44 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 Kingston upon Hull (53.7446°, -0.3352°, elevation 8 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).