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Halifax in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Halifax is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Halifax is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
13h 58mon average

Is August a good time to visit Halifax?

Yes. August is one of Halifax's best months (July to September).

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 75°F in August, against 35°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in August, against 2°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in August, against 32% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in August, against 46% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 58m in August, against 8h 52m to 15h 30m 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. July73°23°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August75°24°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September70°21°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Halifax sits, in August

America/Halifax
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:16 AMsets 8:23 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
East Kemptville184 km west

The land around Halifax, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Halifax

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Halifax. 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.