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Ashford in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Ashford is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Ashford is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
14h 29mon average

Is August a good time to visit Ashford?

Yes. August is one of Ashford's best months (June 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 73°F in August, against 48°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 9°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in August, against 34% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 47% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

14h 29m in August, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m 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. July72°22°low 57°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August73°23°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September69°21°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Ashford sits, in August

Europe/London
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:42 AMsets 8:21 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
London80 km north-west

The land around Ashford, 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 United Kingdom in August

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

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