Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille 15 weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Marseille 15: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille (9 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Marseille 15, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille 15 ranks 4th of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Marseille 15 is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 64 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
Marseille 15 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 7.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 37 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 42 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 3.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 82 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 58 | 7.8 | 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
- Marseille in AugustFrance · 9 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AugustFrance · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 54 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Avignon in AugustFrance · 78 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Nîmes in AugustFrance · 95 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Montpellier in AugustFrance · 122 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Cannes in AugustFrance · 135 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Antibes in AugustFrance · 145 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 19 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 Marseille 15) is explained once on the Marseille 15 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.