Where Is It Sunny in August? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in August for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Algarve with 11.8 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in August

  • 1. Algarve: 11.8 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 4 mm · 100
  • 2. Santorini: 11.5 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 2 mm · 100
  • 3. Mykonos: 11.3 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 2 mm · 100
  • 4. Crete: 11.2 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 4 mm · 100
  • 5. Los Angeles: 12.4 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 0 mm · 99
  • 6. Lisbon: 11.0 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 6 mm · 99
  • 7. Agadir: 10.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 3 mm · 97
  • 8. Porto: 10.6 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 22 mm · 96
  • 9. Tenerife: 10.0 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 2 mm · 96
  • 10. Lanzarote: 10.0 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 1 mm · 96
  • 11. Gran Canaria: 9.9 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 1 mm · 96
  • 12. Menorca: 10.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 18 mm · 95
  • 13. Rome: 10.3 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 23 mm · 95
  • 14. Ibiza: 10.2 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 18 mm · 95
  • 15. Dubrovnik: 10.7 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 38 mm · 94
  • 16. Mallorca: 10.4 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 22 mm · 94
  • 17. Madeira: 9.7 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 8 mm · 94
  • 18. Costa Blanca: 10.8 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 13 mm · 93
  • 19. Tel Aviv: 11.3 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 0 mm · 92
  • 20. Djerba: 11.1 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 4 mm · 92
  • 21. Split: 10.8 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 32 mm · 92
  • 22. Sicily: 10.7 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 13 mm · 92
  • 23. Aruba: 9.7 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 27 mm · 92
  • 24. Fuerteventura: 9.1 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 0 mm · 92
  • 25. Malta: 10.9 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 10 mm · 91
  • 26. Tuscany: 9.9 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 40 mm · 91
  • 27. Istanbul: 9.5 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 22 mm · 91
  • 28. Sardinia: 10.8 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 11 mm · 90
  • 29. Costa del Sol: 10.0 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 3 mm · 90
  • 30. Valencia: 9.1 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 15 mm · 90
  • 31. Kos: 12.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 2 mm · 89
  • 32. Bodrum: 12.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 2 mm · 89
  • 33. Rhodes: 12.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 3 mm · 89
  • 34. Monastir: 11.2 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 20 mm · 89
  • 35. Madrid: 11.1 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 10 mm · 89
  • 36. Naples & Amalfi Coast: 10.0 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 14 mm · 89
  • 37. Istria: 9.9 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 71 mm · 89
  • 38. Alanya: 11.2 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 4 mm · 88
  • 39. Corfu: 11.1 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 25 mm · 88
  • 40. Azores: 9.4 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 27 mm · 88
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in August? Among 108 popular destinations, Algarve is best in August: 11.8 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 6.5 hours.
  • Where is it warm in August? 97 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in August. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.