Mansfield weather in August

In August, Mansfield sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°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 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 Mansfield's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mansfield's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:52 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
69%
1st clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Mansfield is town in Nottinghamshire, 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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mansfield reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Mansfield

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.

Mansfield weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 54121.87.90.6
Feb / 4610.32.19.50.9
Mar / 4911.11.311.51.9
Apr12° / 5611.70.513.63.1
May15° / 5611.4015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°7111.9016.65.3
Jul20° / 12°6711.9016.25.9
Aug20° / 12°6911.8014.55.9
Sep17° / 10°579.7012.45.3
Oct13° / 6311.5010.33.5
Nov / 6111.90.48.41.8
Dec / 6111.91.57.40.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43565
53565
63565
73565
83565
93565
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113565
123565
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mansfield gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.8 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
340
439
539
639
738
838
938
1038
1138
1238
1338
1439
1539
1640
1740
1840
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2041
2140
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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
460328
561318
662308
762308
863298
963298
1064288
1164288
1264288
1364288
1464288
1564288
1665278
1766277
1866277
1966277
2068266
2169256
2270255
2371245
2472235
2574224
2674224
2775214
2876213
2977203
3077203
3178202

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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514light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light 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 4:27 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:277:55
215.44:287:53
315.44:307:52
415.34:327:50
515.24:337:48
615.24:357:46
715.14:377:44
815.14:387:42
915.04:407:40
1014.94:427:38
1114.94:437:36
1214.84:457:34
1314.84:477:32
1414.74:497:30
1514.64:507:28
1614.64:527:26
1714.54:547:24
1814.44:567:21
1914.44:577:19
2014.34:597:17
2114.25:017:15
2214.25:037:12
2314.15:047:10
2414.05:067:08
2514.05:087:05
2613.95:107:03
2713.85:117:01
2813.85:136:58
2913.75:156:56
3013.65:176:54
3113.55:186:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 4.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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34.4Bright
44.4Bright
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64.3Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.2Bright
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124.2Bright
134.1Bright
144.1Bright
154.1Bright
164.0Bright
174.0Bright
184.0Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mansfield?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mansfield for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mansfield in August

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

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

rain gear

UV index in Mansfield 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 Mansfield 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
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mansfield?

Mansfield sits at 53.1°N, 1.2°W, 122 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Mansfield Woodhouse, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Mansfield

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mansfield has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Mansfield is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (31%), trees (29%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
179 m
80 km
695 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Mansfield Woodhouse 4.0 km · Sutton in Ashfield 4.0 km · Kirkby in Ashfield 5.0 km · Hucknall 11 km · Alfreton 13 km · Arnold 15 km · Eastwood 16 km · Heanor 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 Mansfield (53.1333°, -1.2°, elevation 122 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).