Omagh weather in August

In August, Omagh sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 90 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-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 3% 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 Omagh's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Omagh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
15.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:12 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Omagh is town in Northern Ireland.

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 Omagh reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°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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21812
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51812
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How August really feels in Omagh

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.

Omagh 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 / 87162.17.60.7
Feb / 7213.61.59.30.9
Mar / 72151.111.51.6
Apr11° / 7114.50.313.72.5
May14° / 7413.90.115.83.6
Jun16° / 10°8014016.94.4
Jul18° / 11°8615.5016.44.8
Aug18° / 11°9015.6014.74.7
Sep16° / 7313.9012.54.1
Oct12° / 8614.30.110.22.9
Nov / 8714.80.28.21.6
Dec / 8914.417.10.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2892
3892
4991
51090
61090
71090
81189
91189
101189
111288
121288
131288
141288
151288
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201387
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311486

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Omagh gets around 90 mm of rain over 15.6 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 51% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
152
252
352
451
551
651
751
851
951
1051
1151
1251
1351
1452
1552
1653
1753
1853
1953
2053
2153
2252
2351
2450
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2648
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2847
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3146

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 (%)
167294
267294
367294
467294
567294
667294
767294
867294
967294
1067294
1168293
1268293
1368293
1468293
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1669292
1770282
1871272
1972262
2072262
2173252
2275241
2376231
2477221
2578211
2678211
2778202
2879192
2979192
3080182
3180182

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
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
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912light 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 4:45 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 7:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:458:26
215.64:478:24
315.64:488:22
415.54:508:20
515.44:528:18
615.44:548:16
715.34:558:14
815.24:578:12
915.24:598:10
1015.15:018:08
1115.05:038:06
1215.05:058:03
1314.95:068:01
1414.85:087:59
1514.85:107:57
1614.75:127:55
1714.65:147:52
1814.65:167:50
1914.55:187:48
2014.45:207:45
2114.45:217:43
2214.35:237:40
2314.25:257:38
2414.15:277:36
2514.15:297:33
2614.05:317:31
2713.95:337:28
2813.95:357:26
2913.85:367:23
3013.75:387:21
3113.65:407:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 4.65 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.6Moderate
63.6Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.5Moderate
113.5Moderate
123.5Moderate
133.5Moderate
143.5Moderate
153.5Moderate
163.4Moderate
173.4Moderate
183.4Moderate
193.4Moderate
203.4Moderate
213.3Moderate
223.3Moderate
233.3Moderate
243.2Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Omagh?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Omagh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Omagh in August

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

In August, Omagh sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 16 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Omagh in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Omagh peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Omagh?

Omagh sits at 54.6°N, 7.3°W, 72 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Londonderry County Borough, 44 km away.

AntrimBanbridgeColeraine

Topography around Omagh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Omagh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 708 m.

The land around Omagh is covered by grassland (61%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (84%) within 16 km, and grassland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
505 m
80 km
708 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Londonderry County Borough 44 km · Derry 44 km · Letterkenny 48 km · Portadown 59 km · Craigavon 61 km · Antrim 71 km · Banbridge 71 km · Coleraine 72 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 Omagh (54.6°, -7.3°, elevation 72 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).