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Sternes in August

Hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Sternes is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 74°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Sternes is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 23°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
13h 26mon average

Is August a good time to visit Sternes?

A good month, just outside Sternes's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October.

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 61°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 16°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in August, against 3% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

2% cover in August, against 1% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

13h 26m in August, against 9h 48m to 14h 31m 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. July85°29°low 73°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August86°30°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September82°28°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sternes sits, in August

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:42 AMsets 8:15 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Folegandros142 km north-east

The land around Sternes, 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 Greece in August

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sternes. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (119 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (119 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.