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Coimbra in August

Hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Coimbra is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Coimbra is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
13h 42mon average

Is August a good time to visit Coimbra?

A good month, just outside Coimbra'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 88°F in August, against 60°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in August, against 16°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in August, against 9% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

22% cover in August, against 20% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

13h 42m in August, against 9h 21m to 14h 59m 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 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August88°31°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September84°29°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Coimbra sits, in August

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:44 AMsets 8:33 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
40.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Porto106 km north

The land around Coimbra, 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 Portugal in August

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Coimbra. 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (125 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (125 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.