Climate averages 1991–2020
Amiens weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Amiens: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cergy-Pontoise (97 km away). In August its highs average 23.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Amiens, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Amiens ranks 49th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Amiens is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 47 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
Amiens climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 60 | 11.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 7.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 53 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 54 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 67 | 12.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.316 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 61 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| August, selected | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 66 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 76 | 12.7 | 8.28 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
- Cergy-Pontoise in AugustFrance · 97 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Lille in AugustFrance · 98 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Rouen in AugustFrance · 100 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Argenteuil in AugustFrance · 106 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in AugustFrance · 108 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Roubaix in AugustFrance · 108 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in AugustFrance · 115 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris in AugustFrance · 116 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 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 Amiens) is explained once on the Amiens year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.