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The coolest places in Europe in August: ranked by average high temperature

Longyearbyen tops the list at 6.8 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in August: Longyearbyen (6.8 °C) , Tórshavn (12 °C) , Reykjavík (13 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 13 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 6.8 °C 6.8 °C 3.8 °C 40 mm 9 289 h –
2 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 12 °C 12 °C 9.8 °C 70 mm 15 269 h 10 °C
3 Reykjavík Iceland 13 °C 13 °C 8.2 °C 104 mm 15 293 h 11 °C
4 Murmansk Russia 14 °C 14 °C 8.2 °C 64 mm 12 248 h –
5 Aberdeen United Kingdom 16 °C 16 °C 12 °C 72 mm 14 313 h 13 °C
6 Douglas Isle of Man 16 °C 16 °C 14 °C 82 mm 13 326 h 15 °C
7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia 16 °C 16 °C 9.7 °C 105 mm 12 285 h 12 °C
8 Severodvinsk Russia 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 79 mm 12 323 h 13 °C
9 Stavanger Norway 17 °C 17 °C 13 °C 162 mm 17 333 h 16 °C
10 Bergen Norway 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 187 mm 17 320 h 16 °C
11 Surgut Russia 17 °C 17 °C 10 °C 97 mm 15 283 h –
12 Arkhangel’sk Russia 17 °C 17 °C 10 °C 81 mm 12 306 h –
13 Glasgow United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 105 mm 16 272 h –
14 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 17 °C 17 °C 16 °C 52 mm 9 353 h 17 °C
15 Belfast United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 12 °C 82 mm 14 282 h –
16 Edinburgh United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 77 mm 13 283 h 14 °C
17 Syktyvkar Russia 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 77 mm 13 274 h –
18 Oulu Finland 18 °C 18 °C 12 °C 72 mm 12 343 h 16 °C
19 Nizhnevartovsk Russia 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 90 mm 14 292 h –
20 Trondheim Norway 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 100 mm 15 306 h –
21 Berezniki Russia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 91 mm 14 288 h –
22 Oldham United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 95 mm 15 292 h –
23 Dublin Ireland 18 °C 18 °C 13 °C 79 mm 13 299 h 15 °C
24 Preston United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 13 °C 109 mm 17 310 h –
25 Petrozavodsk Russia 18 °C 18 °C 13 °C 88 mm 13 329 h –
26 Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 12 °C 70 mm 12 314 h 15 °C
27 Mariehamn Aland Islands 18 °C 18 °C 15 °C 55 mm 10 382 h 17 °C
28 Cork Ireland 18 °C 18 °C 13 °C 72 mm 11 285 h –
29 Liverpool United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 95 mm 16 320 h 17 °C
30 Swansea United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 14 °C 100 mm 15 318 h 18 °C
31 Bradford United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 82 mm 14 294 h –
32 Zlatoust Russia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 86 mm 14 313 h –
33 Saint Helier Jersey 19 °C 19 °C 16 °C 65 mm 10 352 h 18 °C
34 St Helens United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 88 mm 15 312 h 17 °C
35 Sunderland United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 69 mm 12 316 h 15 °C
36 Manchester United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 91 mm 15 284 h –
37 Nizhny Tagil Russia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 84 mm 13 288 h –
38 Cherepovets Russia 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 78 mm 12 321 h –
39 Stoke-on-Trent United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 70 mm 12 292 h –
40 Bratsk Russia 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 61 mm 10 349 h –
41 Tampere Finland 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 75 mm 13 333 h –
42 Perm Russia 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 77 mm 12 300 h –
43 Kirov Russia 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 67 mm 11 308 h –
44 Cardiff United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 89 mm 13 312 h 18 °C
45 Plymouth United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 14 °C 80 mm 13 325 h 17 °C
46 Leeds United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 73 mm 12 300 h –
47 Vologda Russia 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 79 mm 12 311 h –
48 Yekaterinburg Russia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 73 mm 12 303 h –
49 Sheffield United Kingdom 20 °C 20 °C 13 °C 78 mm 12 305 h –
50 Mansfield United Kingdom 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 71 mm 11 306 h –

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. Córdoba 36 °C
  2. Nicosia 36 °C
  3. Sevilla 35 °C
  4. Badajoz 34 °C
  5. Murcia 33 °C

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Nicosia 32 °C
  2. Sevilla 30 °C
  3. Limassol 30 °C
  4. Córdoba 30 °C
  5. Murcia 29 °C

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in August, lowest 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 Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.