36 places · 1991–2020 normals

Where is it
cool in August?

Daytime highs of 5–16°C, for escaping a northern summer or avoiding heat.

August normals for places qualifying as cool — one place per weather station, at most three per country, largest first
PlaceDayNightRainWet days
MelbourneAustralia15.9°C7.9°C46 mm9
AucklandNew Zealand15.4°C7.6°C103 mm14
East LondonSouth Africa15.6°C8.1°C168 mm16
ChristchurchNew Zealand12.6°C1.2°C52 mm7
CanberraAustralia13.9°C-0.2°C49 mm7
MurmanskRussia15.5°C8.4°C65 mm11
GeelongAustralia14.9°C5.8°C49 mm10
Puerto MonttChile11.9°C3.1°C198 mm19
TemucoChile13.9°C3.4°C146 mm16
ConcepciónChile14.6°C5.5°C155 mm12
ReykjavíkIceland14.1°C8.6°C85 mm15
MagadanRussia15.1°C10°C102 mm10
New PlymouthNew Zealand13.9°C6.3°C129 mm14
SeveromorskRussia14.8°C8.3°C64 mm12
TromsøNorway15°C8.3°C89 mm13
HarstadNorway13.9°C9°C73 mm12
KirunaSweden15.2°C6°C64 mm10
NuukGreenland10.3°C4.6°C116 mm9
NarvikNorway15°C7°C45 mm8
TórshavnFaroe Islands13.3°C9.4°C107 mm15
Titisee-NeustadtGermany15.2°C9.8°C142 mm13
LerwickUnited Kingdom14.7°C10.5°C91 mm14
BethelUnited States15.9°C8.5°C85 mm13
MalmbergetSweden16°C7.8°C79 mm11
SisimiutGreenland12.7°C5.5°C61 mm8
UnalaskaUnited States15.1°C8.9°C72 mm11
UtqiagvikUnited States6.9°C1.7°C28 mm7
IvaloFinland15.3°C7°C73 mm12
Los AltosMexico14.7°C5.2°C337 mm22
InuvikCanada15.1°C6.6°C42 mm9
QaqortoqGreenland11.8°C5.7°C149 mm10
Rankin InletCanada13.5°C6.7°C53 mm8
ArviatCanada14.2°C7.5°C60 mm10
EgilsstaðirIceland11.4°C7.5°C168 mm14
Val ThorensFrance11.8°C5.5°C136 mm12
LongyearbyenSvalbard and Jan Mayen8.2°C4.4°C21 mm7

Lists are capped at one place per station because roughly a hundred settlements share each one, and at three per country so a single large country cannot fill the table. A place missing here is not disqualified — it may simply sit behind a bigger neighbour on the same station.