Royal Palm Beach weather in August

In August, Royal Palm Beach sees average daytime highs of 88°F and overnight lows near 78°F, with 7.7 in of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 88°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Royal Palm Beach's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Royal Palm Beach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
88°
1st warmest
Overnight low
78°
12th coldest
Rainfall
7.7 in
25.9 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:56 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
70%
11th clearest
Wind
5 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Royal Palm Beach is village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States of America.

Density
1,287/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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 88°F through the month.

A typical August day in Royal Palm Beach reaches about 88°F in the afternoon and slips back to 78°F overnight — a 10°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 85°F and 91°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Royal Palm Beach

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.

Royal Palm Beach 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° / 60°1.66.210.57.5
Feb75° / 62°1.75.811.17.7
Mar77° / 64°2.4711.87.4
Apr81° / 69°2.58.212.66.9
May84° / 73°4.312.713.35.3
Jun87° / 76°8.022.813.63.4
Jul88° / 77°7.124.513.53.0
Aug88° / 78°7.725.912.92.8
Sep86° / 77°7.423.812.23.3
Oct83° / 74°4.013.911.45.4
Nov78° / 68°1.67.510.77.2
Dec75° / 63°1.35.810.47.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Royal Palm Beach gets around 7.7 in of rain over 25.9 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 83% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 5:49 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:497:05
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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 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 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 Royal Palm Beach

In seasonPeak

In August, Royal Palm Beach sits inside its atlantic hurricane and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Royal Palm Beach sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Royal Palm Beach's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Monsoon
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Is August a good time to visit Royal Palm Beach?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Royal Palm Beach.

What to pack for Royal Palm Beach in August

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

In August, Royal Palm Beach sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 78°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Royal Palm Beach in August

The nearest coast averages about 85°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 23 mi away) is warmest in August at about 85°F and coldest in February near 77°F.

The water stays above 68°F all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

75°80°85°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan77Warm
Feb77Warm
Mar77Warm
Apr79Warm
May81Warm
Jun83Tropical
Jul85Tropical
Aug85Tropical
Sep85Tropical
Oct83Tropical
Nov81Warm
Dec79Warm

UV index in Royal Palm Beach 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 Royal Palm Beach peaks around July 13 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Royal Palm Beach 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 Royal Palm Beach is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1819 µg/m³Dec 138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Royal Palm Beach?

Royal Palm Beach sits at 26.7°N, 80.2°W, 16 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Wellington, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around Royal Palm Beach

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Royal Palm Beach.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Royal Palm Beach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 ft around an average of 23 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 ft.

The land around Royal Palm Beach is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and trees (32%) within 2 miles, trees (32%), wetland (21%) and grassland (20%) within 10 miles, and water (38%) and wetland (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
46 ft
10 miles
154 ft
50 miles
200 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Wellington 3.7 mi · The Acreage 6.2 mi · Greenacres City 8.7 mi · Palm Springs 9.9 mi · Palm Beach Gardens 9.9 mi · Lake Worth Corridor 9.9 mi · West Palm Beach 11 mi · Riviera Beach 12 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 Royal Palm Beach (26.7084°, -80.2306°, elevation 16 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).