France in August: where is it warmest?
In August, Porto-Vecchio, Corsica is the warmest place with 31 °C by day, Roscoff the coolest with 19 °C. 86 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in August, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porto-Vecchio, Corsica | 98 | 31° | 26° | 11 h | 2 |
| Orange | 78 | 31° | – | 11 h | 4 |
| Nîmes | 77 | 31° | – | 10 h | 4 |
| Avignon | 76 | 31° | – | 11 h | 4 |
| Arles | 75 | 31° | – | 10 h | 4 |
| Toulon | 84 | 30° | 24° | 11 h | 3 |
| Fréjus | 100 | 29° | 25° | 11 h | 3 |
| Aigues-Mortes | 93 | 29° | 22° | 10 h | 4 |
| Aix-en-Provence | 88 | 29° | – | 11 h | 3 |
| Béziers | 87 | 29° | – | 9 h | 6 |
| Perpignan | 84 | 29° | – | 9 h | 5 |
| Saint-Tropez | 100 | 28° | 24° | 11 h | 3 |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 99 | 28° | 24° | 11 h | 3 |
| Nice | 96 | 28° | 25° | 10 h | 7 |
| Cannes | 96 | 28° | 25° | 10 h | 7 |
| Antibes | 96 | 28° | 25° | 10 h | 7 |
| Saint-Paul-de-Vence | 96 | 28° | 25° | 10 h | 7 |
| Marseille | 93 | 28° | 23° | 11 h | 3 |
| Sète | 92 | 28° | 22° | 10 h | 5 |
| Montpellier | 90 | 28° | – | 10 h | 5 |
| Narbonne | 89 | 28° | – | 9 h | 5 |
| Valence | 87 | 28° | – | 9 h | 7 |
| Carcassonne | 85 | 28° | – | 9 h | 7 |
| Toulouse | 82 | 28° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | 100 | 27° | 25° | 11 h | 3 |
| Bonifacio | 100 | 27° | 25° | 11 h | 2 |
| Cassis | 97 | 27° | 23° | 11 h | 3 |
| Menton | 96 | 27° | 25° | 10 h | 7 |
| Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 94 | 27° | 22° | 10 h | 4 |
| Grasse | 92 | 27° | – | 10 h | 7 |
| Bordeaux | 88 | 27° | 22° | 8 h | 8 |
| Lyon | 87 | 27° | – | 9 h | 9 |
| Grenoble | 85 | 27° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Vichy | 84 | 26° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Arcachon | 83 | 26° | 22° | 8 h | 8 |
| Beaune | 82 | 26° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Chambéry | 80 | 26° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Poitiers | 88 | 25° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Tours | 87 | 25° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Angers | 87 | 25° | – | 7 h | 7 |
| Saint-Étienne | 87 | 25° | – | 8 h | 9 |
| Orléans | 85 | 25° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Troyes | 84 | 25° | – | 8 h | 9 |
| Fontainebleau | 84 | 25° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 83 | 25° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Wissembourg | 83 | 25° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Dijon | 82 | 25° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Auxerre | 82 | 25° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Paris | 81 | 25° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Besançon | 81 | 25° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Pau | 81 | 25° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Strasbourg | 78 | 25° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Eguisheim | 78 | 25° | – | 8 h | 12 |
| Colmar | 77 | 25° | – | 8 h | 13 |
| Nantes | 88 | 24° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Le Mans | 86 | 24° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 84 | 24° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Chartres | 84 | 24° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Limoges | 84 | 24° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Versailles | 82 | 24° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Reims | 80 | 24° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Metz | 79 | 24° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Annecy | 78 | 24° | – | 8 h | 12 |
| Mulhouse | 78 | 24° | – | 8 h | 12 |
| Belfort | 78 | 24° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Haguenau | 78 | 24° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Nancy | 77 | 24° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Kaysersberg | 77 | 24° | – | 8 h | 13 |
| La Rochelle | 76 | 24° | 20° | 8 h | 7 |
| Lourdes | 74 | 24° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Biarritz | 73 | 24° | 22° | 7 h | 11 |
| Bayonne | 70 | 24° | 22° | 7 h | 11 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 70 | 24° | 22° | 7 h | 11 |
| Rennes | 84 | 23° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Caen | 78 | 23° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Verdun | 78 | 23° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Amiens | 77 | 23° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Rouen | 76 | 23° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Lille | 75 | 23° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Lens | 75 | 23° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Arras | 74 | 23° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 57 | 23° | 19° | 8 h | 8 |
| Bayeux | 78 | 22° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Le Havre | 75 | 22° | 19° | 7 h | 12 |
| Dieppe | 75 | 22° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Chamonix | 71 | 22° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Vannes | 52 | 22° | 18° | 7 h | 8 |
| Deauville | 49 | 22° | 19° | 7 h | 10 |
| Honfleur | 47 | 22° | 19° | 7 h | 12 |
| Dunkirk | 45 | 22° | 19° | 7 h | 11 |
| Calais | 39 | 21° | 18° | 7 h | 11 |
| Concarneau | 37 | 21° | 18° | 6 h | 9 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 35 | 21° | 18° | 7 h | 11 |
| Quimper | 80 | 20° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Lorient | 41 | 20° | 18° | 7 h | 8 |
| Carnac | 40 | 20° | 18° | 7 h | 8 |
| Saint-Malo | 36 | 20° | 18° | 7 h | 10 |
| Étretat | 36 | 20° | 19° | 7 h | 12 |
| Brest | 21 | 19° | 16° | 6 h | 10 |
| Roscoff | 21 | 19° | 16° | 6 h | 11 |
France in August: quick answers
France in August: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in August are Porto-Vecchio, Corsica (31 °C), Orange (31 °C) and Nîmes (31 °C).
France in August: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Porto-Vecchio, Corsica (26 °C), Fréjus (25 °C) and Nice (25 °C).
France in August: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in August – warm, sunny and dry – is in Fréjus, Saint-Tropez and Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences