Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Poitiers: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In August its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks joint 18th of 57 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Poitiers is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August, selected | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 8.69 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
- Tours in AugustFrance · 94 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Limoges in AugustFrance · 109 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Angers in AugustFrance · 120 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 46 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AugustFrance · 124 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Le Mans in AugustFrance · 158 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Nantes in AugustFrance · 160 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AugustFrance · 188 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AugustFrance · 206 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.