Port Charlotte weather in August

In August, Port Charlotte sees average daytime highs of 90°F and overnight lows near 76°F, with 6.4 in of rain across 24 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 90°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Port Charlotte's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Port Charlotte's year-round climate.

Daytime high
90°
1st warmest
Overnight low
76°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6.4 in
24 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:04 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
70%
11th clearest
Wind
5 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Port Charlotte is unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Florida, United States.

Density
649/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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 90°F through the month.

A typical August day in Port Charlotte reaches about 90°F in the afternoon and slips back to 76°F overnight — a 14°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 86°F and 94°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Port Charlotte

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.

Port Charlotte weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan73° / 54°2.14.910.57.8
Feb76° / 56°1.65.2117.9
Mar80° / 59°1.85.711.87.5
Apr84° / 65°2.26.512.66.1
May88° / 70°2.99.513.34.5
Jun90° / 74°6.720.213.73.0
Jul90° / 76°6.42313.52.7
Aug90° / 76°6.424132.5
Sep89° / 74°6.018.912.23.2
Oct86° / 69°2.58.811.45.3
Nov80° / 62°1.34.310.77.6
Dec76° / 57°1.54.710.37.9

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 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
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53268
63268
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Port Charlotte gets around 6.4 in of rain over 24 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 77% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3173

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
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54calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:567:13
213.35:567:12
313.25:577:12
413.25:577:11
513.25:587:10
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713.25:597:09
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Port Charlotte

In seasonPeak

In August, Port Charlotte sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Port Charlotte sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Port Charlotte's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Port Charlotte?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Port Charlotte.

What to pack for Port Charlotte in August

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

In August, Port Charlotte sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Port Charlotte in August

The nearest coast averages about 86°F 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 19 mi away) is warmest in August at about 86°F and coldest in February near 67°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 3 to Jan 6 — about 10.2 months when the water holds above 68°F.

70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan67Cool
Feb67Cool
Mar69Refreshing
Apr74Refreshing
May79Warm
Jun83Tropical
Jul85Tropical
Aug86Tropical
Sep85Tropical
Oct81Warm
Nov75Refreshing
Dec71Refreshing

UV index in Port Charlotte 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 Port Charlotte peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 11Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Port Charlotte in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Port Charlotte is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1819 µg/m³Nov 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar12Moderate
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun16Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Port Charlotte?

Port Charlotte sits at 27.0°N, 82.1°W, 3 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Punta Gorda Isles, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around Port Charlotte

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Port Charlotte has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 ft around an average of 10 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 ft.

The land around Port Charlotte is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), trees (24%) and grassland (23%) within 2 miles, trees (40%) and water (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (32%), water (31%) and grassland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
30 ft
10 miles
105 ft
50 miles
253 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Punta Gorda Isles 4.3 mi · Punta Gorda 4.3 mi · North Port 9.9 mi · Venice 24 mi · North Fort Myers 25 mi · Fort Myers 29 mi · Cape Coral 30 mi · Iona 32 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 Port Charlotte (26.9762°, -82.0906°, elevation 3 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).