Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan 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 Perpignan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Perpignan, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 5th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Perpignan is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 55 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
Perpignan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in AugustFrance · 76 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Girona in AugustSpain · 80 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in AugustAndorra · 114 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Montpellier in AugustFrance · 129 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mataró in AugustSpain · 134 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Manresa in AugustSpain · 139 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Sabadell in AugustSpain · 144 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Terrassa in AugustSpain · 145 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.