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Palm Springs in August

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Palm Springs is very hot: highs near 107°F, lows near 75°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Palm Springs is very hot: highs near 42°C, lows near 24°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
107°F42°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
13h 21mon average

Is August a good time to visit Palm Springs?

August sits outside Palm Springs's best months, which run in two parts: March, or November. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 107°F in August, against 70°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 42°C in August, against 21°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in August, against 1% to 17% through the year.

Cloud cover

22% cover in August, against 13% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

13h 21m in August, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m 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. July108°42°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August107°42°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September102°39°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Palm Springs sits, in August

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:08 AMsets 7:35 PM
Above the sea
129 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rancho Santa Fe108 km south-west

The land around Palm Springs, 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 States in August

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Palm Springs. 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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.