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Torquay in August
In August, Torquay averages a daytime high of 20 °C and a night-time low of 13 °C, with about 98 mm of rain over the month. It falls outside Torquay's most comfortable months, June and July.
- Average high
- 20 °C
- Average low
- 13 °C
- Rain in the month
- 98 mm
- Daylight on 15 Aug
- 14 h 20 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 111
When to go
How August compares with the rest of the year in Torquay
August is tied for the warmest month in Torquay by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 9 °C to 20 °C and the lows from 4 °C to 13 °C. By day, August is about the same as July, and September is 2 °C cooler than August.
August brings 98 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 115 mm (1379 mm a year); it is the 7th wettest month.
On 15 August the sun is up for about 14 h 20 min, against 8 h 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 | 9 °C | 4 °C | 164 mm | |
| February | 9 °C | 4 °C | 131 mm | |
| March | 11 °C | 4 °C | 102 mm | |
| April | 13 °C | 6 °C | 86 mm | |
| May | 16 °C | 9 °C | 74 mm | |
| June | 19 °C | 11 °C | 74 mm | Yes |
| July | 20 °C | 13 °C | 80 mm | Yes |
| August | 20 °C | 13 °C | 98 mm | |
| September | 18 °C | 11 °C | 93 mm | |
| October | 15 °C | 9 °C | 143 mm | |
| November | 12 °C | 7 °C | 160 mm | |
| December | 9 °C | 5 °C | 173 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 Torquay?
Not by the measure used here: about 98 mm of rain is 80 mm or more. The comfortable months in Torquay are June and July; the nearest are July, before, and June, after.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
When to go
Destinations near Torquay that are comfortable in August
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Torquay
This guide lists 111 places to stay in Torquay: 1 chain property with its details and own websites, and 110 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 32; 1–3 km, 47; 3–10 km, 25; 10 km or more, 7.
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.