Weekly note

Sarasota in August

good · a good time to go · the warmest month of the year, the wettest month of the year

The year in Sarasota

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  1. Sarasota in January: ok, busy
  2. Sarasota in February: good, busy
  3. Sarasota in March: good, busy
  4. Sarasota in April: sweet spot
  5. Sarasota in May: sweet spot
  6. Sarasota in June: good
  7. Sarasota in July: good
  8. Sarasota in August: good
  9. Sarasota in September: good
  10. Sarasota in October: sweet spot
  11. Sarasota in November: good
  12. Sarasota in December: good
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
August at Sarasota is 31°C by day and 25°C at night, with 11 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 31C max, 11 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high31°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more11 · 217 mm
Humidity81%
Sunshine10.6 h/day
Daylight13.1 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Beach and sea20 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 31 °C, warm fair
Crowds100 / 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 Siesta Key and downtown, 7 km from the airport (SRQ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: about usual. Busiest from January to March; quietest in April, October and November.

Sarasota in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 31°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 81%; 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 Sarasota: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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