Typical August weather
Boston
Massachusetts · August
80° days
65° nights
about 5 rainy days · 14 hours of daylight
What to pack
- Sunscreen
What August feels like
Late August brings the North End's feast weekends — Saint Anthony's closes Hanover Street entirely — and then September first, when every lease in the city turns over at once. Locals call it Allston Christmas: furniture on the curb, U-Hauls wedged under the Storrow Drive bridges.
Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. There’s a little humidity in the air, but nothing that changes your plans.
The numbers
| Typical high | 80° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 65° |
| Days with real rain | 5 |
| Total rain | 3.2 in |
| Humidity | a touch humid |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 5:51 am / 7:45 pm |