Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Reims: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Reims, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks joint 43rd of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Reims is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 53 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in AugustFrance · 112 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in AugustFrance · 117 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Créteil in AugustFrance · 125 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in AugustFrance · 127 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Paris in AugustFrance · 131 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Charleroi in AugustBelgium · 131 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in AugustFrance · 131 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Mons in AugustBelgium · 132 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.