Middlesbrough weather in August

In August, Middlesbrough sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. 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 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Middlesbrough's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Middlesbrough's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:48 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
71%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Middlesbrough is town in North Yorkshire, north-east England.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
36,780/km²
people per km²
Founded
1830

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in Middlesbrough reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°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 21°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 Middlesbrough

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.

Middlesbrough 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 / 5813.11.67.60.6
Feb / 5111.62.19.30.8
Mar / 4610.71.111.51.5
Apr11° / 5310.90.413.72.4
May13° / 4911015.83.6
Jun16° / 10°6411.1016.94.7
Jul18° / 12°6211.7016.45.6
Aug18° / 12°6711.7014.75.5
Sep16° / 10°589.8012.54.8
Oct13° / 6412.10.110.23.2
Nov / 6912.90.58.21.8
Dec / 6513.41.47.10.8

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 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23268
33268
43169
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123268
133169
143070
153070
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Middlesbrough gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.7 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 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
237
337
437
538
638
738
838
939
1039
1140
1240
1341
1441
1541
1642
1742
1842
1941
2041
2140
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2339
2438
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2636
2736
2835
2934
3034
3133

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
164306
264306
364297
465287
565287
666277
766277
866277
967267
1067267
1167267
1268266
1368266
1468266
1569265
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1770264
1870264
1971263
2073252
2173252
2274242
2375241
2476231
2577221
2677221
2778211
2878211
2980200
3080200
3180200

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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515light breeze
615light breeze
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815light breeze
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1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 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 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:21 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 6:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:218:01
215.64:227:59
315.64:247:58
415.54:267:56
515.44:287:54
615.44:307:52
715.34:317:50
815.24:337:48
915.24:357:46
1015.14:377:43
1115.04:397:41
1215.04:407:39
1314.94:427:37
1414.84:447:35
1514.84:467:32
1614.74:487:30
1714.64:507:28
1814.64:527:26
1914.54:537:23
2014.44:557:21
2114.44:577:19
2214.34:597:16
2314.25:017:14
2414.15:037:11
2514.15:057:09
2614.05:077:06
2713.95:087:04
2813.95:107:01
2913.85:126:59
3013.75:146:56
3113.65:166:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.2Bright
84.2Bright
94.2Bright
104.1Bright
114.1Bright
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134.0Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Moderate
163.9Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.9Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.7Moderate
233.7Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Middlesbrough?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Middlesbrough for sightseeing.

What to pack for Middlesbrough in August

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

In August, Middlesbrough sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Middlesbrough 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
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Oct12Bracing
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UV index in Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Middlesbrough?

Middlesbrough sits at 54.6°N, 1.2°W, 15 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Billingham, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Middlesbrough

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Middlesbrough has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m.

The land around Middlesbrough is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (29%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%), water (23%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
336 m
80 km
858 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Billingham 4.0 km · Stockton-on-Tees 5.0 km · Thornaby-on-Tees 6.0 km · Yarm 11 km · Redcar 12 km · Hartlepool 12 km · Guisborough 12 km · Darlington 21 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 Middlesbrough (54.5762°, -1.2348°, elevation 15 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).