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Vancouver in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Vancouver is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 35 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Vancouver is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
14h 19mon average

Is August a good time to visit Vancouver?

Yes. August is one of Vancouver's best months (July to 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 78°F in August, against 45°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 7°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in August, against 22% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in August, against 44% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 19m in August, against 8h 15m to 16h 10m 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. July76°24°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August78°26°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September71°22°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Vancouver sits, in August

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:03 AMsets 8:32 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Whistler96 km north

The land around Vancouver, 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 Vancouver

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vancouver. 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 (50 m) against the climate model's (168 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 (50 m) against the climate model's (168 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.