Climate · Bridgetown

Bridgetown in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Bridgetown is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Bridgetown is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 80% of days
Daylight
12h 32mon average

Is August a good time to visit Bridgetown?


A good month, just outside Bridgetown's best months, which run from January to April.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 83°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

80% of days in August, against 39% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in August, against 46% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

12h 32m in August, against 11h 22m to 12h 53m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. July86°30°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August86°30°low 79°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September87°31°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Bridgetown sits, in August

America/Barbados

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:46 AMsets 6:20 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
13.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Bridgetown, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Bridgetown is our one place in Barbados so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bridgetown. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.