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Lake Louise in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Lake Louise is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 43 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Lake Louise is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
14h 30mon average

Is August a good time to visit Lake Louise?

Yes. August is one of Lake Louise's best months (August).

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 69°F in August, against 17°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in August, against -8°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in August, against 39% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 49% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

14h 30m in August, against 7h 55m to 16h 32m 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. July68°20°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August69°21°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September59°15°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Lake Louise sits, in August

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:29 AMsets 9:10 PM
Above the sea
1,763 mhigh country
Latitude
51.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sunshine Village48 km south-east

The land around Lake Louise, 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 Lake Louise

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lake Louise. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,763 m) against the climate model's (2,094 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,763 m) against the climate model's (2,094 m). 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.