Scarborough Temperature by Month

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom has an average annual maximum temperature of 13°C (55°F), with moderate seasonal shifts ranging from 8°C (46°F) in January to 19°C (66°F) in August. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.

Seasonal changes in Scarborough bring a little variety without extreme temperature swings. Nighttime lows range from 13°C (55°F) in August to 3°C (37°F) in January.

The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Scarborough by month:

The coolest part of the day is typically between 4 AM and 6 AM, while 3 PM is usually the warmest, when solar heating is at its peak. August, the city's warmest month, averages 186 hours of sunshine.

The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:

Scarborough's average annual maximum temperature is 13°C (55°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:

Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.

Queenstown, New Zealand averages 10°C (50°F) annually, remember seasons are flipped, so its coldest months fall in June and July.

Buenos Aires, Argentina averages 23°C (73°F) a year, with hot summers and mild winters, and seasons reversed compared to Europe.

Perth, Australia averages 25°C (77°F) annually, with a classic Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and mild wet winters.

Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.

The readings come from a range of sources, land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.

Whether a city sits on the coast or deep inland makes a significant difference to its climate. Coastal areas tend to have more stable temperatures year-round, large bodies of water absorb heat slowly in summer and release it gradually in winter, keeping extremes in check. Cities far from the sea don't benefit from that buffer, which is why continental climates tend to have hotter summers and colder winters than their coastal counterparts at the same latitude.

For more on Scarborough's weather, including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity, visit our Scarborough climate page.