Leeds weather in August

In August, Leeds sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-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 11% 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 Leeds's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leeds's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:51 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover
71%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Leeds is city in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
972/km²
people per km²
Founded
1086

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 Leeds reaches about 19°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 Leeds

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.

Leeds weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6012.71.87.80.6
Feb / 5411.22.19.40.9
Mar / 5311.31.511.51.8
Apr12° / 5811.90.513.72.9
May15° / 5611.6015.64.2
Jun18° / 10°7112.2016.75.2
Jul20° / 12°6712.5016.35.8
Aug19° / 12°7212014.65.7
Sep17° / 10°6010.2012.55.1
Oct13° / 6412.1010.23.4
Nov / 6412.80.48.31.8
Dec / 6712.71.47.30.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33268
43268
53268
63268
73268
83268
93268
103268
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133169
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Leeds gets around 72 mm of rain over 12 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 39% and peaks near 41% 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 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
160337
260337
361327
462317
561318
662308
763298
863298
964288
1064288
1164288
1265278
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2473234
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2876213
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3077203
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:25 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.64:257:59
215.54:277:57
315.44:297:56
415.44:307:54
515.34:327:52
615.34:347:50
715.24:367:48
815.14:377:46
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1015.04:417:42
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1214.94:447:38
1314.84:467:36
1414.84:487:33
1514.74:507:31
1614.64:517:29
1714.64:537:27
1814.54:557:25
1914.44:577:22
2014.44:597:20
2114.35:017:18
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2414.15:067:11
2514.05:087:08
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2713.95:117:04
2813.85:137:01
2913.75:156:59
3013.75:176:56
3113.65:196:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 4.79 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Leeds?

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
2.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Leeds for sightseeing.

What to pack for Leeds in August

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

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

rain gear

UV index in Leeds 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 Leeds 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Leeds in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Leeds is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Leeds's WHO annual average of 12.3 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Leeds?

Leeds sits at 53.8°N, 1.5°W, 50 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Chapel Allerton, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Leeds

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leeds has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 734 m.

The land around Leeds is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
272 m
80 km
734 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Chapel Allerton 4.0 km · Morley 7.0 km · Pudsey 7.0 km · Horsforth 8.0 km · Lofthouse 8.0 km · Batley 12 km · Yeadon 12 km · Kippax 12 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 Leeds (53.7965°, -1.5478°, elevation 50 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).