Witham weather in August

In August, Witham sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 56 mm of rain across 9.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Witham's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Witham's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:48 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Witham is town in Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom.

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 Witham reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 6°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 Witham

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.

Witham weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5311.60.78.11.0
Feb / 439.319.61.1
Mar10° / 399.80.511.52.0
Apr12° / 4110013.63.2
May15° / 489.2015.44.6
Jun18° / 12°4910016.45.7
Jul21° / 14°5110.60166.3
Aug21° / 15°569.5014.46.3
Sep18° / 12°469.3012.45.8
Oct14° / 10°5910.8010.44.1
Nov10° / 58110.28.62.3
Dec / 5911.30.87.61.2

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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Witham gets around 56 mm of rain over 9.5 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
332
432
532
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932
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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 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13445201
23445201
33445191
43445192
53445192
63544192
73544182
83643182
93643182
103742183
113842183
123841183
133941182
143941182
154040182
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174140172
184240172
194240171
204439161
214539161
224638151
234737150
244937140
255136130
265136130
275335120
285435110
295535100
305634100
31573490

Wind in August

Winds average 16 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 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 4:25 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 6:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:257:42
215.24:267:41
315.24:287:39
415.14:297:37
515.14:317:36
615.04:327:34
715.04:347:32
814.94:357:30
914.94:377:28
1014.84:397:27
1114.74:407:25
1214.74:427:23
1314.64:447:21
1414.64:457:19
1514.54:477:17
1614.44:487:15
1714.44:507:13
1814.34:527:10
1914.24:537:08
2014.24:557:06
2114.14:577:04
2214.14:587:02
2314.05:007:00
2413.95:026:58
2513.95:036:55
2613.85:056:53
2713.75:076:51
2813.75:086:49
2913.65:106:46
3013.55:126:44
3113.55:136:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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234.2Bright
244.2Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Witham?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Witham for sightseeing.

What to pack for Witham in August

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

In August, Witham sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Witham 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 39 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 6°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
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Witham 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 Witham peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Witham?

Witham sits at 51.8°N, 0.6°E, 25 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Maldon, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Witham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Witham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m.

The land around Witham is covered by cropland (39%), trees (25%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
290 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Maldon 8.0 km · Braintree 11 km · Chelmsford 14 km · Colchester 21 km · Wickford 23 km · Rayleigh 24 km · Billericay 24 km · Rochford 25 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 Witham (51.8001°, 0.6404°, elevation 25 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).