Climate averages 1991–2020
Avignon weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Avignon: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Avignon is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 93 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
Avignon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 59 | 7.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 15.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 8.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 8.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 5.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 26 | 4.1 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 4.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 97 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 14.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 100 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 55 | 8.1 | 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
- Nîmes in AugustFrance · 38 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AugustFrance · 70 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in AugustFrance · 78 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Montpellier in AugustFrance · 84 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Marseille in AugustFrance · 86 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 129 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Béziers in AugustFrance · 145 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Grenoble in AugustFrance · 154 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 107 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 Avignon) is explained once on the Avignon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.