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The coolest places in Europe in August

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 6.8 °C 6.8 °C 40 mm
2 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 12 °C 12 °C 70 mm
3 Reykjavík Iceland 13 °C 13 °C 104 mm
4 Murmansk Russia 14 °C 14 °C 64 mm
5 Aberdeen United Kingdom 16 °C 16 °C 72 mm
6 Douglas Isle of Man 16 °C 16 °C 82 mm
7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia 16 °C 16 °C 105 mm
8 Severodvinsk Russia 17 °C 17 °C 79 mm
9 Stavanger Norway 17 °C 17 °C 162 mm
10 Bergen Norway 17 °C 17 °C 187 mm
11 Surgut Russia 17 °C 17 °C 97 mm
12 Arkhangel’sk Russia 17 °C 17 °C 81 mm
13 Glasgow United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 105 mm
14 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 17 °C 17 °C 52 mm
15 Belfast United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 82 mm
16 Edinburgh United Kingdom 17 °C 17 °C 77 mm
17 Syktyvkar Russia 18 °C 18 °C 77 mm
18 Oulu Finland 18 °C 18 °C 72 mm
19 Nizhnevartovsk Russia 18 °C 18 °C 90 mm
20 Trondheim Norway 18 °C 18 °C 100 mm
21 Berezniki Russia 18 °C 18 °C 91 mm
22 Oldham United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 95 mm
23 Dublin Ireland 18 °C 18 °C 79 mm
24 Preston United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 109 mm
25 Petrozavodsk Russia 18 °C 18 °C 88 mm
26 Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 18 °C 18 °C 70 mm
27 Mariehamn Aland Islands 18 °C 18 °C 55 mm
28 Cork Ireland 18 °C 18 °C 72 mm
29 Liverpool United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 95 mm
30 Swansea United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 100 mm
31 Bradford United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 82 mm
32 Zlatoust Russia 19 °C 19 °C 86 mm
33 Saint Helier Jersey 19 °C 19 °C 65 mm
34 St Helens United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 88 mm
35 Sunderland United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 69 mm
36 Manchester United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 91 mm
37 Nizhny Tagil Russia 19 °C 19 °C 84 mm
38 Cherepovets Russia 19 °C 19 °C 78 mm
39 Stoke-on-Trent United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 70 mm
40 Bratsk Russia 19 °C 19 °C 61 mm
41 Tampere Finland 19 °C 19 °C 75 mm
42 Perm Russia 19 °C 19 °C 77 mm
43 Kirov Russia 19 °C 19 °C 67 mm
44 Cardiff United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 89 mm
45 Plymouth United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 80 mm
46 Leeds United Kingdom 19 °C 19 °C 73 mm
47 Vologda Russia 19 °C 19 °C 79 mm
48 Yekaterinburg Russia 19 °C 19 °C 73 mm
49 Sheffield United Kingdom 20 °C 20 °C 78 mm
50 Mansfield United Kingdom 20 °C 20 °C 71 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.