Hermanus climate

Hermanus Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Hermanus, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on August 1 to 16°C on August 31, and lows from 13°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Hermanus, in °C, with the record for each date.510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
90 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CAug 17, 2014
Reanalysis low
9°CAug 19, 2003
Daylight
10 h 26 min to 11 h 21 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
23.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 115°C13°C21°C 199811°C 199141%
Aug 215°C13°C21°C 199810°C 201240%
Aug 316°C13°C20°C 201310°C 199140%
Aug 416°C13°C18°C 201010°C 199139%
Aug 516°C13°C19°C 200111°C 199140%
Aug 615°C13°C19°C 200311°C 201140%
Aug 715°C13°C18°C 200011°C 199140%
Aug 815°C13°C19°C 200110°C 199241%
Aug 915°C13°C17°C 201411°C 200640%
Aug 1015°C13°C20°C 201611°C 199438%
Aug 1115°C13°C20°C 200210°C 201538%
Aug 1215°C13°C19°C 201410°C 199138%
Aug 1315°C13°C18°C 199511°C 199638%
Aug 1415°C13°C21°C 200011°C 199638%
Aug 1515°C13°C21°C 200010°C 199639%
Aug 1615°C13°C20°C 201111°C 199640%
Aug 1716°C13°C22°C 201410°C 199640%
Aug 1816°C13°C20°C 199910°C 201240%
Aug 1916°C13°C19°C 20009°C 200341%
Aug 2016°C13°C21°C 200210°C 200340%
Aug 2116°C13°C20°C 201910°C 199340%
Aug 2216°C13°C18°C 199410°C 199540%
Aug 2316°C13°C20°C 201910°C 199540%
Aug 2416°C13°C19°C 199710°C 199541%
Aug 2516°C13°C19°C 201011°C 199142%
Aug 2616°C13°C21°C 201610°C 201842%
Aug 2716°C13°C21°C 199811°C 201142%
Aug 2816°C13°C20°C 200411°C 199140%
Aug 2916°C13°C19°C 199410°C 202039%
Aug 3016°C13°C19°C 200310°C 202037%
Aug 3116°C13°C20°C 20149°C 200837%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Hermanus, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
August 31
sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 6:24 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.