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The coolest places in North America in August

Nuuk tops the list at 11 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Nuuk Greenland 11 °C 11 °C 80 mm
2 Saint-Pierre Saint Pierre and Miquelon 17 °C 17 °C 100 mm
3 Anchorage United States 17 °C 17 °C 118 mm
4 Toluca Mexico 19 °C 19 °C 222 mm
5 Quetzaltenango Guatemala 19 °C 19 °C 350 mm
6 Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos Mexico 19 °C 19 °C 223 mm
7 Pachuca de Soto Mexico 20 °C 20 °C 111 mm
8 Magdalena Contreras Mexico 21 °C 21 °C 216 mm
9 Nicolás Romero Mexico 21 °C 21 °C 118 mm
10 Victoria Canada 21 °C 21 °C 22 mm
11 San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico 21 °C 21 °C 375 mm
12 Cuautitlán Izcalli Mexico 21 °C 21 °C 114 mm
13 Xico Mexico 22 °C 22 °C 306 mm
14 San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Mexico 22 °C 22 °C 144 mm
15 Halifax Canada 22 °C 22 °C 91 mm
16 San Francisco United States 22 °C 22 °C 1 mm
17 Puebla Mexico 22 °C 22 °C 144 mm
18 Vancouver Canada 23 °C 23 °C 72 mm
19 Edmonton Canada 23 °C 23 °C 60 mm
20 Richmond Canada 23 °C 23 °C 71 mm
21 Morelia Mexico 23 °C 23 °C 118 mm
22 Greater Sudbury Canada 23 °C 23 °C 92 mm
23 Calgary Canada 23 °C 23 °C 65 mm
24 Québec Canada 23 °C 23 °C 114 mm
25 Xalapa de Enríquez Mexico 23 °C 23 °C 145 mm
26 Burnaby Canada 23 °C 23 °C 73 mm
27 Salinas United States 24 °C 24 °C 2 mm
28 Montréal Canada 24 °C 24 °C 100 mm
29 Cobán Guatemala 24 °C 24 °C 299 mm
30 Guadalupe Mexico 24 °C 24 °C 98 mm
31 Mixco Guatemala 24 °C 24 °C 82 mm
32 Windhoek Namibia 24 °C 24 °C 0 mm
33 Surrey Canada 24 °C 24 °C 51 mm
34 San José Costa Rica 24 °C 24 °C 352 mm
35 Uruapan Mexico 24 °C 24 °C 319 mm
36 Saskatoon Canada 24 °C 24 °C 49 mm
37 Comitán Mexico 25 °C 25 °C 223 mm
38 Kitchener Canada 25 °C 25 °C 74 mm
39 Guatemala City Guatemala 25 °C 25 °C 87 mm
40 Oshawa Canada 25 °C 25 °C 76 mm
41 Laval Canada 25 °C 25 °C 91 mm
42 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 25 °C 25 °C 106 mm
43 Cuernavaca Mexico 25 °C 25 °C 247 mm
44 Jalapa Guatemala 25 °C 25 °C 143 mm
45 Oxnard United States 25 °C 25 °C 0 mm
46 Ottawa Canada 25 °C 25 °C 91 mm
47 Toronto Canada 25 °C 25 °C 65 mm
48 Tijuana Mexico 25 °C 25 °C 2 mm
49 Winnipeg Canada 25 °C 25 °C 78 mm
50 Buffalo United States 25 °C 25 °C 87 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.