Penzance weather in August

In August, Penzance sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 63 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Penzance's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penzance's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:18 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 5th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Penzance is town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

Density: 1,538/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1318

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

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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 Penzance reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	16
2	18	16
3	18	16
4	18	16
5	18	16
6	18	16
7	18	16
8	18	16
9	18	16
10	18	16
11	18	16
12	18	16
13	18	16
14	18	16
15	18	16
16	18	16
17	18	16
18	18	16
19	18	16
20	18	16
21	17	15
22	17	15
23	17	15
24	17	15
25	17	15
26	17	15
27	17	15
28	17	15
29	17	15
30	17	15
31	17	15

Penzance weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	97	15.6	8.3	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	73	12.3	9.7	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	63	12.2	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	57	11.2	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 11°	54	9.9	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	50	9.2	16.1	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	54	9.1	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 16°	63	10.5	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	57	10.2	12.4	5.1
Oct	14° / 12°	94	14	10.5	3.8
Nov	12° / 10°	104	15.9	8.8	2.7
Dec	11° / 8°	104	16.4	7.9	2.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	43	42	43	43	43	44
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	57	57	58	59	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	61	60	60	59	59	59	57	58	57	57	57	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Penzance gets around 63 mm of rain over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Comfortable (%)	55	54	54	53	53	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	47
Humid (%)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	55	18
2	28	54	18
3	28	54	18
4	29	53	18
5	29	53	18
6	30	51	19
7	30	51	19
8	31	50	19
9	31	50	19
10	32	49	19
11	32	49	19
12	33	49	18
13	33	49	18
14	33	49	18
15	33	49	17
16	33	49	17
17	33	50	17
18	34	50	16
19	34	50	16
20	34	51	15
21	35	50	15
22	36	50	14
23	37	50	13
24	38	50	13
25	38	49	12
26	39	49	11
27	40	49	11
28	41	49	10
29	42	48	10
30	43	48	9
31	44	47	9

Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	22	breezy
29	22	breezy
30	22	breezy
31	22	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:55 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 7:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	4:55	4:57	4:58	5:00	5:01	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:41
Sunset (PM)	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.1	4:55	8:01
2	15.0	4:57	8:00
3	15.0	4:58	7:58
4	14.9	5:00	7:56
5	14.9	5:01	7:55
6	14.8	5:03	7:53
7	14.8	5:04	7:51
8	14.7	5:06	7:50
9	14.7	5:07	7:48
10	14.6	5:08	7:46
11	14.6	5:10	7:44
12	14.5	5:11	7:42
13	14.5	5:13	7:41
14	14.4	5:15	7:39
15	14.3	5:16	7:37
16	14.3	5:18	7:35
17	14.2	5:19	7:33
18	14.2	5:21	7:31
19	14.1	5:22	7:29
20	14.1	5:24	7:27
21	14.0	5:25	7:25
22	13.9	5:27	7:23
23	13.9	5:28	7:21
24	13.8	5:30	7:19
25	13.8	5:31	7:17
26	13.7	5:33	7:15
27	13.6	5:34	7:12
28	13.6	5:36	7:10
29	13.5	5:38	7:08
30	13.4	5:39	7:06
31	13.4	5:41	7:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Penzance?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Penzance for sightseeing.

What to pack for Penzance in August

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

In August, Penzance sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Penzance in August

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 17°C and coldest in March near 10°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	17	16	14	13	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Penzance in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Penzance peaks around August 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Penzance?

Penzance sits at 50.1°N, 5.5°W, 32 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Camborne, 20 km away.

Topography around Penzance

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penzance has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Penzance is covered by water (35%), grassland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

water 35%

16 km

248 m

water 59%

80 km

362 m

water 81%

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← July Penzance year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Camborne 20 km · Redruth 26 km · Falmouth 33 km · Truro 38 km · Newquay 47 km · St Austell 60 km · Bodmin 70 km · Saltash 99 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

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 Penzance (50.1186°, -5.5371°, elevation 32 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	16
2	18	16
3	18	16
4	18	16
5	18	16
6	18	16
7	18	16
8	18	16
9	18	16
10	18	16
11	18	16
12	18	16
13	18	16
14	18	16
15	18	16
16	18	16
17	18	16
18	18	16
19	18	16
20	18	16
21	17	15
22	17	15
23	17	15
24	17	15
25	17	15
26	17	15
27	17	15
28	17	15
29	17	15
30	17	15
31	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	55	18
2	28	54	18
3	28	54	18
4	29	53	18
5	29	53	18
6	30	51	19
7	30	51	19
8	31	50	19
9	31	50	19
10	32	49	19
11	32	49	19
12	33	49	18
13	33	49	18
14	33	49	18
15	33	49	17
16	33	49	17
17	33	50	17
18	34	50	16
19	34	50	16
20	34	51	15
21	35	50	15
22	36	50	14
23	37	50	13
24	38	50	13
25	38	49	12
26	39	49	11
27	40	49	11
28	41	49	10
29	42	48	10
30	43	48	9
31	44	47	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	16
2	18	16
3	18	16
4	18	16
5	18	16
6	18	16
7	18	16
8	18	16
9	18	16
10	18	16
11	18	16
12	18	16
13	18	16
14	18	16
15	18	16
16	18	16
17	18	16
18	18	16
19	18	16
20	18	16
21	17	15
22	17	15
23	17	15
24	17	15
25	17	15
26	17	15
27	17	15
28	17	15
29	17	15
30	17	15
31	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	55	18
2	28	54	18
3	28	54	18
4	29	53	18
5	29	53	18
6	30	51	19
7	30	51	19
8	31	50	19
9	31	50	19
10	32	49	19
11	32	49	19
12	33	49	18
13	33	49	18
14	33	49	18
15	33	49	17
16	33	49	17
17	33	50	17
18	34	50	16
19	34	50	16
20	34	51	15
21	35	50	15
22	36	50	14
23	37	50	13
24	38	50	13
25	38	49	12
26	39	49	11
27	40	49	11
28	41	49	10
29	42	48	10
30	43	48	9
31	44	47	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	16
2	18	16
3	18	16
4	18	16
5	18	16
6	18	16
7	18	16
8	18	16
9	18	16
10	18	16
11	18	16
12	18	16
13	18	16
14	18	16
15	18	16
16	18	16
17	18	16
18	18	16
19	18	16
20	18	16
21	17	15
22	17	15
23	17	15
24	17	15
25	17	15
26	17	15
27	17	15
28	17	15
29	17	15
30	17	15
31	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	39	61
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	55	18
2	28	54	18
3	28	54	18
4	29	53	18
5	29	53	18
6	30	51	19
7	30	51	19
8	31	50	19
9	31	50	19
10	32	49	19
11	32	49	19
12	33	49	18
13	33	49	18
14	33	49	18
15	33	49	17
16	33	49	17
17	33	50	17
18	34	50	16
19	34	50	16
20	34	51	15
21	35	50	15
22	36	50	14
23	37	50	13
24	38	50	13
25	38	49	12
26	39	49	11
27	40	49	11
28	41	49	10
29	42	48	10
30	43	48	9
31	44	47	9