Conditions · Outside Lands
Outside Lands
Weather & terrain
The stages sit at the ocean end of Golden Gate Park, and August is San Francisco's foggiest month. A typical festival day starts grey, clears somewhere around noon, turns windy after 2pm, and goes back under the marine layer at 7 or 8pm — exactly when the headliners play. Afternoons peak in the mid-to-high 60s°F. Nights sit in the mid-50s, and a 15mph westerly takes several more degrees off what that actually feels like.
The typical range
Expect days 62-70°F (17-21°C) at the hottest point and nights 52-57°F (11-14°C), colder in wind — that swing, not the average, is what your layers need to cover. This is the part first-timers get wrong. The marine layer rolls back over the meadows around 7 or 8pm, the temperature settles into the mid-50s, and you stop moving because the headliner is on. Fleece plus a shell plus a beanie is the standard local answer, and nobody there thinks it looks like overkill.
Build around conditions, not averages
Historical conditions help you choose categories, but a current forecast and official alerts should decide your final layer, rain, dust, and heat plan.
A simple final check
Seven days out, recheck the forecast, event communications, travel route, and your official rules source. Repack only what those current conditions change.
Official source
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