Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nice: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Monaco (13 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nice, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks joint 11th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Nice is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 76 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
Nice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 63 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 50 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 6.9 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 27.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 76 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 113 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 133 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 12.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 82 | 8.4 | 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
- Monaco in AugustMonaco · 13 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Antibes in AugustFrance · 18 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Cannes in AugustFrance · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Toulon in AugustFrance · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AugustFrance · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Asti in AugustItaly · 153 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Genoa in AugustItaly · 155 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Turin in AugustItaly · 156 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 58 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 Nice) is explained once on the Nice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.