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Places with the best weather in North America in August: ranked by comfort score

Victoria tops the list at 95 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in August: Victoria (95 /100) , Salinas (94 /100) , Seattle (94 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 12 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Victoria Canada 95 /100 21 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 391 h 12 °C
2 Salinas United States 94 /100 24 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 14 °C
3 Seattle United States 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 34 mm 5 369 h –
4 Surrey Canada 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 51 mm 6 385 h 16 °C
5 Vancouver Canada 93 /100 23 °C 14 °C 72 mm 7 380 h 16 °C
6 Tacoma United States 93 /100 25 °C 14 °C 25 mm 4 373 h –
7 Richmond Canada 93 /100 23 °C 15 °C 71 mm 7 380 h 16 °C
8 San Francisco United States 93 /100 22 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 395 h 14 °C
9 Burnaby Canada 92 /100 23 °C 14 °C 73 mm 7 378 h 16 °C
10 Oxnard United States 92 /100 25 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 397 h 19 °C
11 Saskatoon Canada 90 /100 24 °C 13 °C 49 mm 7 371 h –
12 Tijuana Mexico 90 /100 25 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 21 °C
13 Oakland United States 89 /100 26 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 395 h –
14 San Diego United States 89 /100 25 °C 18 °C 2 mm 1 391 h 21 °C
15 Edmonton Canada 89 /100 23 °C 12 °C 60 mm 9 370 h –
16 Calgary Canada 89 /100 23 °C 10 °C 65 mm 9 371 h –
17 Regina Canada 89 /100 25 °C 13 °C 60 mm 8 372 h –
18 Oceanside United States 88 /100 26 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 394 h 21 °C
19 Sunnyvale United States 87 /100 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 399 h 15 °C
20 Huntington Beach United States 87 /100 26 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 395 h 21 °C
21 Toronto Canada 87 /100 25 °C 18 °C 65 mm 9 352 h –
22 Fremont United States 87 /100 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 401 h –
23 Vancouver United States 87 /100 28 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 380 h –
24 Vaughan Canada 87 /100 25 °C 17 °C 66 mm 9 352 h –
25 Kitchener Canada 87 /100 25 °C 15 °C 74 mm 10 346 h –
26 Windhoek Namibia 86 /100 24 °C 8.0 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
27 Brampton Canada 86 /100 25 °C 16 °C 69 mm 9 350 h –
28 Greater Sudbury Canada 86 /100 23 °C 15 °C 92 mm 11 334 h –
29 Guadalupe Mexico 86 /100 24 °C 12 °C 98 mm 12 354 h –
30 Santa Ana United States 86 /100 27 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 21 °C
31 Montréal Canada 86 /100 24 °C 16 °C 100 mm 12 350 h –
32 Etobicoke Canada 86 /100 25 °C 18 °C 64 mm 9 353 h –
33 Eugene United States 86 /100 29 °C 13 °C 13 mm 2 390 h –
34 Halifax Canada 86 /100 22 °C 17 °C 91 mm 10 303 h 17 °C
35 Portland United States 85 /100 29 °C 15 °C 15 mm 3 384 h –
36 Winnipeg Canada 85 /100 25 °C 15 °C 78 mm 10 365 h –
37 San Jose United States 85 /100 29 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 399 h –
38 Oshawa Canada 85 /100 25 °C 18 °C 76 mm 10 355 h –
39 Ottawa Canada 85 /100 25 °C 16 °C 91 mm 11 340 h –
40 Salem United States 85 /100 29 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 388 h –
41 Lakewood United States 85 /100 28 °C 14 °C 40 mm 7 384 h –
42 Laval Canada 85 /100 25 °C 16 °C 91 mm 11 351 h –
43 Fort Collins United States 84 /100 29 °C 14 °C 39 mm 6 387 h –
44 London Canada 84 /100 25 °C 17 °C 83 mm 11 354 h –
45 Québec Canada 84 /100 23 °C 15 °C 114 mm 13 334 h –
46 San Luis Potosí Mexico 84 /100 25 °C 15 °C 64 mm 9 339 h –
47 Denver United States 83 /100 29 °C 14 °C 39 mm 7 384 h –
48 Hamilton Canada 83 /100 26 °C 19 °C 69 mm 9 351 h –
49 Longueuil Canada 83 /100 25 °C 17 °C 101 mm 12 350 h –
50 Long Beach United States 83 /100 28 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 396 h 21 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

July: top 5

  1. Surrey 95 /100
  2. Salinas 95 /100
  3. Victoria 95 /100
  4. Seattle 95 /100
  5. Richmond 94 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Spokane 95 /100
  2. Salinas 94 /100
  3. San Francisco 94 /100
  4. Oxnard 93 /100
  5. Salem 93 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in August, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.