Place	Avg high	Sea	Sun a day	Rainy days	Flight	Dots
Doha	43°C	–	11h	0	7h 05m	5/7
Abu Dhabi	42°C	34°C	10h	0	7h 20m	6/7
Dubai	41°C	33°C	10h	0	7h 40m	5/7
Marrakech	37°C	–	10h	1	3h 35m	7/7
Seville	36°C	–	11h	0	2h 45m	6/7
Antalya	35°C	28°C	12h	0	4h 55m	7/7
Murcia and the Costa Cálida	34°C	27°C	11h	1	2h 50m	6/7
Cairo	34°C	–	11h	0	5h 30m	5/7
Cancún and the Riviera Maya	33°C	29°C	8h	10	10h 45m	7/7
Athens	33°C	26°C	12h	1	4h 15m	6/7
Izmir	33°C	25°C	12h	0	4h 20m	6/7
Orlando	33°C	–	9h	17	9h 30m	6/7
Rome	32°C	26°C	10h	2	2h 55m	7/7
Tuscany and Pisa	32°C	–	10h	4	2h 40m	7/7
Alicante	32°C	26°C	11h	1	2h 40m	6/7
Corfu	32°C	26°C	11h	2	3h 30m	6/7
Madrid	32°C	–	11h	1	2h 35m	6/7
Miami	32°C	30°C	9h	17	9h 40m	6/7
Rhodes	32°C	26°C	12h	0	4h 20m	6/7
Malta	32°C	26°C	11h	1	3h 30m	5/7
Shanghai	32°C	–	6h	12	11h 30m	5/7
Majorca	31°C	26°C	10h	2	2h 30m	7/7
Málaga	31°C	24°C	11h	0	2h 55m	6/7
Paphos	31°C	27°C	12h	0	5h	6/7
Tirana	31°C	26°C	11h	3	3h 35m	6/7
Valencia	31°C	26°C	10h	2	2h 40m	6/7
Bucharest	31°C	–	10h	5	3h 40m	5/7
Ibiza	31°C	26°C	10h	1	2h 35m	5/7
Faro and the Algarve	30°C	21°C	12h	0	2h 45m	6/7
Salou and the Costa Dorada	30°C	25°C	10h	3	2h 30m	6/7
Split	30°C	25°C	10h	3	2h 55m	6/7
Beijing	30°C	–	8h	9	10h 05m	5/7
Washington	30°C	–	9h	9	8h 30m	5/7
Crete	29°C	25°C	12h	0	4h 05m	7/7
Istanbul	29°C	25°C	11h	2	4h 25m	7/7
Tenerife	29°C	23°C	10h	0	4h 20m	7/7
Barcelona	29°C	25°C	9h	4	2h 20m	6/7
Gran Canaria	29°C	23°C	10h	0	4h 15m	6/7
Lanzarote	29°C	23°C	10h	0	4h	6/7
Lisbon	29°C	18°C	11h	1	2h 40m	6/7
Milan and the Lakes	29°C	–	8h	6	2h 20m	6/7
Los Angeles	29°C	21°C	11h	0	11h 10m	5/7
Toulouse	29°C	–	8h	6	2h 10m	5/7
Budapest	28°C	–	9h	6	2h 50m	7/7
New York	28°C	–	9h	9	7h 45m	7/7
Venice	28°C	25°C	9h	6	2h 35m	7/7
Chicago	28°C	–	9h	9	8h 30m	6/7
Chișinău and Moldova	28°C	–	10h	6	3h 30m	6/7
Fuerteventura	28°C	23°C	10h	0	4h 10m	6/7
Lyon	28°C	–	8h	7	2h 15m	6/7
Nice and the Riviera	28°C	24°C	10h	2	2h 20m	6/7
Turin	28°C	–	8h	6	2h 25m	6/7
Iasi	28°C	–	9h	7	3h 35m	5/7
Sofia	28°C	–	10h	5	3h 35m	5/7
Zagreb	28°C	–	9h	8	2h 50m	5/7
Boston	27°C	–	9h	9	7h 10m	7/7
Bratislava	27°C	–	9h	7	2h 45m	5/7
Cluj-Napoca	26°C	–	9h	8	3h 15m	6/7
Geneva and the Alps	26°C	–	8h	8	2h 15m	6/7
Madeira	26°C	22°C	8h	1	3h 40m	6/7
Porto	26°C	17°C	10h	3	2h 15m	6/7
Toronto	26°C	–	8h	9	7h 45m	6/7
Vienna	26°C	–	8h	8	2h 45m	6/7
Basel	26°C	–	7h	10	2h 05m	5/7
Kosice	26°C	–	8h	8	3h	5/7
Frankfurt	26°C	–	7h	9	2h	4/7
Kraków	25°C	–	7h	10	2h 40m	7/7
Prague	25°C	–	7h	8	2h 15m	7/7
Berlin	25°C	–	7h	8	2h 20m	6/7
Biarritz and the Basque Coast	25°C	22°C	7h	8	2h 05m	6/7
Cologne	25°C	–	6h	10	1h 50m	6/7
Paris	25°C	–	7h	7	1h 40m	6/7
Wroclaw	25°C	–	8h	9	2h 30m	6/7
Poznan	25°C	–	8h	9	2h 30m	5/7
Warsaw	25°C	–	8h	8	2h 45m	5/7
Katowice	25°C	–	7h	10	2h 45m	4/7
Memmingen	25°C	–	7h	12	2h 20m	4/7
Rzeszow	25°C	–	8h	9	3h	4/7
Swidnik	25°C	–	8h	8	3h	4/7
Salzburg and the Austrian Alps	24°C	–	6h	13	2h 30m	7/7
Hamburg	24°C	–	6h	11	1h 55m	6/7
Munich	24°C	–	8h	11	2h 30m	6/7
Dusseldorf	24°C	–	6h	10	1h 45m	5/7
Lodz	24°C	–	8h	9	2h 40m	5/7
Luxembourg	24°C	–	6h	10	1h 50m	5/7
Zurich	24°C	–	7h	11	2h 25m	5/7
Brussels	23°C	–	7h	9	1h 40m	5/7
Kaunas	23°C	–	8h	9	3h	5/7
Riga	22°C	–	8h	10	3h	6/7
Stockholm	22°C	–	8h	9	2h 35m	6/7
Amsterdam	22°C	–	7h	10	1h 30m	5/7
San Francisco	22°C	15°C	9h	0	11h 05m	5/7
Vilnius	22°C	–	8h	9	2h 55m	5/7
Tallinn	21°C	–	8h	10	3h 05m	6/7
Copenhagen	21°C	–	7h	9	2h 10m	5/7
Oslo	21°C	–	7h	10	2h 10m	5/7
Helsinki	20°C	–	8h	10	3h	5/7
Dublin, for comparison	19°C	16°C	5h	11	–	–

Long-term averages, rounded. Rainy days are days with at least 1mm of rain. Sea temperature is shown where there is a beach to swim from.

Irish school holidays in August 2027

Summer holidays about 1 Jun – 31 Aug

Fares from Ireland jump for school holiday weeks. If you are not tied to the school calendar, fly the week before or after and you will often save a fair bit.

Long weekend: August Bank Holiday, Sat 31 Jul to Mon 2 Aug

What's on in August

Not every good trip is about the sun. Festivals, carnivals and Christmas markets worth the flight.

Brussels 23°C
The Flower Carpet covers the Grand-Place for a few days in mid-August, every second year (2028 next).
Direct from Dublin
Budapest 28°C
Sziget festival on an island in the Danube, in August.
Direct from Dublin
Málaga 31°C
Feria de Málaga: a week of street party in mid-August.
Direct from Dublin
Salzburg and the Austrian Alps 24°C
Salzburg Festival: opera and concerts from late July through August.
Direct from Dublin
Valencia 31°C
La Tomatina in nearby Buñol, the last Wednesday of August.
Direct from Dublin
Bilbao and the Basque Coast 26°C
Aste Nagusia, Bilbao’s Big Week: nine days of free concerts and fireworks in August.
No direct flight from Ireland
Brittany 24°C
Festival Interceltique in Lorient in early August. Irish bands welcome.
No direct flight from Ireland

Dates move from year to year. Check the event's own website before you book.

Questions people actually ask

Where is warm in August with a direct flight from Dublin?

The warmest places with direct flights from Dublin in August are Doha (43°C), Abu Dhabi (42°C), Dubai (41°C), Marrakech (37°C) and Seville (36°C). Those are average daytime highs.

Where is the sea warm enough to swim in August?

Direct from Dublin, the warmest sea is in Abu Dhabi (34°C), Dubai (33°C), Miami (30°C) and Cancún and the Riviera Maya (29°C). The Irish Sea is about 16°C, for comparison.

Where is sunniest in August?

Of the places with direct flights, Antalya gets the most sunshine in August, about 12 hours a day. Dublin averages about 5.

Are there school holidays in Ireland in August 2027?

Yes: Summer holidays (about 1 Jun – 31 Aug). Fares from Ireland usually jump for those weeks, so fly the week before or after if you can. Check your own school's dates, as some differ.

What's on in August?

Bilbao and the Basque Coast: Aste Nagusia, Bilbao’s Big Week: nine days of free concerts and fireworks in August. Brittany: Festival Interceltique in Lorient in early August. Irish bands welcome. Brussels: The Flower Carpet covers the Grand-Place for a few days in mid-August, every second year (2028 next). Budapest: Sziget festival on an island in the Danube, in August.

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