Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Havre weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Le Havre: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caen (48 km away). In August its highs average 22.6°C, 1.4°C warmer than Le Havre, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Havre ranks 55th of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Le Havre is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 78 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
Le Havre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| August, selected | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 73 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 104 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 111 | 16.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 121 | 16.6 | 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
- Caen in AugustFrance · 48 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Rouen in AugustFrance · 72 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Eastbourne in AugustUnited Kingdom · 142 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Brighton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Hove in AugustUnited Kingdom · 150 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Worthing in AugustUnited Kingdom · 151 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in AugustFrance · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 155 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 59 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 Le Havre) is explained once on the Le Havre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.