Bullhead City weather in August

In August, Bullhead City sees average daytime highs of 100°F and overnight lows near 79°F, with 0.4 in of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 100°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bullhead City's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bullhead City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
100°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
79°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0.4 in
2.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:02 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
23%
4th clearest
Wind
7 mph
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Bullhead City is city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

Density
253/km²
people per km²
Founded
1942

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 100°F through the month.

A typical August day in Bullhead City reaches about 100°F in the afternoon and slips back to 79°F overnight — a 21°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 94°F and 105°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 7°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Bullhead City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bullhead City weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan58° / 40°1.13.69.95.3
Feb62° / 44°1.54.410.76.4
Mar70° / 49°0.83.111.77.9
Apr77° / 55°0.31.612.98.6
May87° / 64°0.10.813.86.3
Jun96° / 73°0.00.214.32.9
Jul101° / 80°0.42.214.11.2
Aug100° / 79°0.42.613.31.6
Sep93° / 71°0.41.812.24.1
Oct80° / 59°0.61.911.18.1
Nov67° / 47°0.61.810.27.8
Dec57° / 40°0.839.75.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28218
38317
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68416
78515
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bullhead City gets around 0.4 in of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
17115113
27115113
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47115113
57115113
67215103
77315102
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:517:38
213.85:517:37
313.75:527:36
413.75:537:35
513.75:547:34
613.65:557:33
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1213.55:597:27
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2613.06:107:10
2713.06:117:08
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3112.86:147:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 8.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bullhead City?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bullhead City.

What to pack for Bullhead City in August

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

In August, Bullhead City sees daytime highs around 100°F and nights near 79°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bullhead City in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bullhead City peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 13UV 11Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bullhead City?

Bullhead City sits at 35.1°N, 114.6°W, 558 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Kingman, 29 mi away.

Topography around Bullhead City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Bullhead City.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bullhead City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 ft around an average of 692 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,570 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,835 ft.

The land around Bullhead City is covered by bare terrain (76%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (80%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (48%) and shrubs (38%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
584 ft
10 miles
3,570 ft
50 miles
7,835 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kingman 29 mi · Lake Havasu City 48 mi · Boulder City 59 mi · Henderson 66 mi · Whitney 71 mi · Enterprise 71 mi · Paradise 73 mi · Winchester 75 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 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 Bullhead City (35.1478°, -114.5683°, elevation 558 ft), 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).