August Weather in Gijón Spain

Daily high temperatures are around 73°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 78°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 73°F on August 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 66°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 62°F on August 9.

For reference, on August 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gijón typically range from 62°F to 73°F, while on February 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 44°F to 56°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia (10,866 miles away) and Raglan, New Zealand (12,053 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gijón (view comparison).

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The month of August in Gijón experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 25% to 35%.

The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on November 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 77%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gijón, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is increasing, starting the month at 12% and ending it at 16%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on November 19, and its lowest chance is 11% on July 5.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during August in Gijón is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of August in Gijón, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 19 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 38 seconds, and weekly decrease of 18 minutes, 25 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 13 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Gijón is 7:12 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 33 minutes later at 7:45 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 9:44 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 46 minutes earlier at 8:59 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Gijón during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets 15 hours, 26 minutes later, at 10:07 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:52 AM and sets 8 hours, 57 minutes later, at 5:49 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Gijón is gradually decreasing during August, falling from 10% to 8% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during August is 11% on August 12.

For reference, on August 12, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 11% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Gijón is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 7.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 7.5 miles per hour on August 3.

The wind direction in Gijón during August is predominantly out of the north from August 1 to August 18 and the east from August 18 to August 31.

Gijón is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Gijón is essentially constant during August, remaining around 68°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 69°F on August 15.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Gijón over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 16, with a 80% chance.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Gijón are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 518°F, from 1,552°F to 2,070°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Gijón is decreasing during August, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 5.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gijón are 43.536 deg latitude, -5.662 deg longitude, and 72 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gijón contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 282 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 54 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,421 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,691 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gijón is covered by artificial surfaces (59%), water (22%), and grassland (17%), within 10 miles by water (34%) and grassland (31%), and within 50 miles by water (50%) and trees (20%).