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Myrtle Beach in August

okbusy · worth considering · the wettest month of the year

The year in Myrtle Beach

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  1. Myrtle Beach in January: ok
  2. Myrtle Beach in February: sweet spot
  3. Myrtle Beach in March: good, busy
  4. Myrtle Beach in April: sweet spot
  5. Myrtle Beach in May: sweet spot
  6. Myrtle Beach in June: good, busy
  7. Myrtle Beach in July: ok, busy
  8. Myrtle Beach in August: ok, busy
  9. Myrtle Beach in September: good
  10. Myrtle Beach in October: sweet spot
  11. Myrtle Beach in November: good
  12. Myrtle Beach in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
August at Myrtle Beach is 30°C by day and 23°C at night, with 12 rainy days and about 10 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low23°C
Feels like, afternoon35°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more12 · 200 mm
Humidity83%
Sunshine10.4 h/day
Daylight13.4 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Beach and sea18 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 28 °C, warm fair
Crowds65 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the oceanfront boardwalk: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: busy. Busiest in March, June, July and August; quietest in January, February, October and November.

Myrtle Beach in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 12 rainy days and 200 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 83%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Myrtle Beach: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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