Climate averages 1991–2020
Aix-en-Provence weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Aix-en-Provence: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (19 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Aix-en-Provence, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Aix-en-Provence ranks 3rd of 57 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Aix-en-Provence is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aix-en-Provence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 44 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 44 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 68 | 9.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 58 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 35 | 5.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 19 | 3.2 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 23 | 3.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 88 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 100 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 60 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Marseille 15 in AugustFrance · 19 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Marseille in AugustFrance · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 59 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Avignon in AugustFrance · 70 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Nîmes in AugustFrance · 94 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Cannes in AugustFrance · 126 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Montpellier in AugustFrance · 127 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Antibes in AugustFrance · 135 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 19 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aix-en-Provence) is explained once on the Aix-en-Provence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.