Avignon Weather in August
Avignon in August
The short of it: Avignon in August averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 18° · rain 41 mm · daylight 13 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & May
Thirty years of records give Avignon an average August high of 32°, a low of 18° and some 41 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 59 min in mid-August, 70 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and May.
Against its neighbours, Avignon runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Le Pontet, 4 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Avignon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 17 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 4 km ENE | 32° | 18° | 41 mm |
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 9 km NE | 32° | 18° | 42 mm |
| L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km E | 32° | 18° | 38 mm |
| TarasconProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km SW | 31° | 19° | 37 mm |
| BeaucaireOccitanie | 20 km SW | 31° | 19° | 37 mm |
| OrangeProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 21 km N | 32° | 18° | 46 mm |
| CavaillonProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 22 km SE | 31° | 18° | 36 mm |
| CarpentrasProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 23 km ENE | 32° | 17° | 41 mm |