Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In August its highs average 23.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks 23rd of 57 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Orléans, France is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 50 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August, selected | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 8.58 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in AugustFrance · 97 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Versailles in AugustFrance · 102 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Tours in AugustFrance · 106 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in AugustFrance · 107 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Créteil in AugustFrance · 107 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in AugustFrance · 108 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in AugustFrance · 109 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris in AugustFrance · 111 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.