Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks joint 27th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 55th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 83 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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
- Saint-Étienne in AugustFrance · 108 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Lyon in AugustFrance · 137 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in AugustFrance · 139 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Limoges in AugustFrance · 143 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Grenoble in AugustFrance · 216 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Dijon in AugustFrance · 225 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Poitiers in AugustFrance · 229 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Nîmes in AugustFrance · 238 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 34 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.