Salisbury weather in August

In August, Salisbury sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 65 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Salisbury's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salisbury's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:00 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
67%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Salisbury is cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.

Density
3,960/km²
people per km²

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 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Salisbury reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°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 Salisbury

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.

Salisbury weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6611.30.58.21.1
Feb / 50100.69.61.3
Mar10° / 4810.10.511.52.3
Apr13° / 55110.113.53.5
May16° / 5510.2015.34.8
Jun19° / 11°529.9016.25.8
Jul21° / 13°5110.1015.96.3
Aug21° / 13°6510.5014.46.2
Sep18° / 11°529.3012.45.7
Oct14° / 7511.8010.44.0
Nov11° / 7511.608.72.4
Dec / 7111.20.37.81.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
44060
54060
64060
74060
83961
93961
103961
113961
123961
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313367

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Salisbury gets around 65 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 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
533
633
733
833
933
1033
1133
1234
1334
1434
1535
1635
1736
1836
1936
2036
2136
2236
2335
2435
2534
2634
2733
2832
2931
3030
3129

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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14248100
24247110
34247110
44346120
54345120
64444120
74543120
84542130
94641130
104740130
114740130
124839130
134839130
144938120
154938120
164938121
175038121
185038111
195038111
205138101
215138101
22523891
23533791
24543781
25553681
26563671
27573571
28593461
29603460
30613360
31623260

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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
113light breeze
213light breeze
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514light breeze
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814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 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 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:37 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:377:49
215.24:387:48
315.14:407:46
415.14:417:45
515.04:437:43
614.94:457:41
714.94:467:39
814.84:487:38
914.84:497:36
1014.74:517:34
1114.74:527:32
1214.64:547:30
1314.54:557:28
1414.54:577:26
1514.44:597:24
1614.45:007:22
1714.35:027:20
1814.35:037:18
1914.25:057:16
2014.15:077:14
2114.15:087:12
2214.05:107:10
2313.95:117:08
2413.95:137:06
2513.85:157:04
2613.85:167:01
2713.75:186:59
2813.65:196:57
2913.65:216:55
3013.55:236:52
3113.45:246:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
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94.5Bright
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184.2Bright
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204.2Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Bright
254.0Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Salisbury?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Salisbury for sightseeing.

What to pack for Salisbury in August

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

In August, Salisbury sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Salisbury in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 50 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Salisbury?

Salisbury sits at 51.1°N, 1.8°W, 50 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Romsey, 23 km away.

Topography around Salisbury

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salisbury has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 326 m.

The land around Salisbury is covered by grassland (31%), trees (25%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (33%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
189 m
80 km
326 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Romsey 23 km · Andover 26 km · Totton 27 km · Ferndown 30 km · Warminster 31 km · Southampton 33 km · Eastleigh 33 km · Winchester 33 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 Salisbury (51.0693°, -1.7957°, 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. 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).