Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Dijon: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 18th of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 44th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Dijon is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 75 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August, selected | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in AugustFrance · 76 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Geneva in AugustSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Lausanne in AugustSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in AugustFrance · 172 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Lyon in AugustFrance · 174 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Nancy in AugustFrance · 176 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Mulhouse in AugustFrance · 180 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Bern in AugustSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 101 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.