Westbury weather in August

In August, Westbury sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 14% 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 Westbury's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Westbury's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:01 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
69%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Westbury is town and civil parish in Wiltshire, 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 Westbury reaches about 20°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 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)
12113
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How August really feels in Westbury

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.

Westbury weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7212.80.68.21.0
Feb / 56110.89.61.2
Mar10° / 5610.90.511.52.2
Apr13° / 6311.80.213.53.3
May16° / 6511.4015.34.6
Jun18° / 11°6111.2016.35.6
Jul21° / 13°6411.2015.96.1
Aug20° / 13°7411.6014.45.9
Sep18° / 10°579.8012.45.6
Oct14° / 7612010.43.8
Nov10° / 7612.50.18.72.2
Dec / 7611.90.57.71.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43664
53664
63664
73565
83565
93565
103565
113565
123565
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293268
303268
313169

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Westbury gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
537
637
737
837
937
1037
1138
1238
1338
1439
1539
1640
1741
1841
1941
2041
2140
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2339
2438
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2636
2735
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2933
3032
3131

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 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14545100
24644100
34643110
44741110
54840120
64939120
74938120
85137120
95137120
105236120
115236120
125236120
135335120
145335120
155335111
165335111
175236111
185436100
195436100
20553690
21553690
22573580
23573580
24593470
25593470
26603370
27613360
28623260
29633250
30643150
31653140

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
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3114light breeze

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 4:38 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 7:52 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:387:52
215.24:397:50
315.14:417:48
415.14:427:47
515.04:447:45
615.04:457:43
714.94:477:42
814.94:497:40
914.84:507:38
1014.74:527:36
1114.74:537:34
1214.64:557:32
1314.64:567:30
1414.54:587:28
1514.45:007:26
1614.45:017:24
1714.35:037:22
1814.35:047:20
1914.25:067:18
2014.15:087:16
2114.15:097:14
2214.05:117:12
2314.05:127:10
2413.95:147:08
2513.85:167:06
2613.85:177:03
2713.75:197:01
2813.65:216:59
2913.65:226:57
3013.55:246:54
3113.45:256:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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34.6Bright
44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
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84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.3Bright
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134.3Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.2Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
194.1Bright
204.0Bright
214.0Moderate
224.0Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Westbury?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Westbury for sightseeing.

What to pack for Westbury in August

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

In August, Westbury sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Westbury 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 49 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Westbury 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 Westbury peaks around August 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Westbury?

Westbury sits at 51.3°N, 2.2°W, 65 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Warminster, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Westbury

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Westbury has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m.

The land around Westbury is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
187 m
16 km
276 m
80 km
475 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Warminster 6.0 km · Trowbridge 7.0 km · Frome 10 km · Melksham 13 km · Devizes 17 km · Neston 17 km · Bath 18 km · Chippenham 23 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 Westbury (51.26°, -2.1875°, elevation 65 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).