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Barnstaple in August
In August, Barnstaple averages a daytime high of 20 °C and a night-time low of 14 °C, with about 101 mm of rain over the month. Barnstaple has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here.
- Average high
- 20 °C
- Average low
- 14 °C
- Rain in the month
- 101 mm
- Daylight on 15 Aug
- 14 h 30 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 85
When to go
How August compares with the rest of the year in Barnstaple
August is the warmest month in Barnstaple by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 8 °C to 20 °C and the lows from 4 °C to 14 °C. By day, August is about the same as July, and September is 2 °C cooler than August.
August brings 101 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 107 mm (1286 mm a year); it is the 5th wettest month.
On 15 August the sun is up for about 14 h 30 min, against 7 h 50 min at the shortest and 16 h 30 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 °C | 4 °C | 137 mm | |
| February | 8 °C | 4 °C | 99 mm | |
| March | 10 °C | 5 °C | 84 mm | |
| April | 12 °C | 6 °C | 77 mm | |
| May | 15 °C | 9 °C | 68 mm | |
| June | 18 °C | 12 °C | 76 mm | |
| July | 19 °C | 13 °C | 87 mm | |
| August | 20 °C | 14 °C | 101 mm | |
| September | 18 °C | 12 °C | 99 mm | |
| October | 14 °C | 10 °C | 145 mm | |
| November | 11 °C | 7 °C | 162 mm | |
| December | 9 °C | 5 °C | 151 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is August a good time to visit Barnstaple?
Not by the measure used here: about 101 mm of rain is 80 mm or more. No month in Barnstaple meets it.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
When to go
Destinations near Barnstaple that are comfortable in August
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Barnstaple
This guide lists 85 places to stay in Barnstaple: 1 chain property with its details and own websites, and 84 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 9; 3–10 km, 7; 10 km or more, 69.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.