Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Montpellier: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (46 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 2.3°C warmer than Montpellier, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks 6th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Montpellier is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 96 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in AugustFrance · 46 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Béziers in AugustFrance · 61 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Avignon in AugustFrance · 84 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in AugustFrance · 122 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Marseille in AugustFrance · 126 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AugustFrance · 127 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Perpignan in AugustFrance · 129 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 174 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.