Climate averages 1991–2020
Limoges weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Limoges: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Poitiers (109 km away). In August its highs average 25.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Limoges, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Limoges ranks joint 34th 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; Limoges is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 20.5°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
Limoges climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 74 | 10.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 80 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 96 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 97 | 14.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 65 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 73 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 78 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 12.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 103 | 13.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 13.5 | 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
- Poitiers in AugustFrance · 109 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in AugustFrance · 143 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Tours in AugustFrance · 178 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AugustFrance · 181 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AugustFrance · 189 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Angers in AugustFrance · 228 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AugustFrance · 235 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in AugustFrance · 248 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 77 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 Limoges) is explained once on the Limoges year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.