Briançon Weather in August
Briançon in August
The short of it: Briançon in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 11° · rain 63 mm · daylight 14 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Briançon an average August high of 23°, a low of 11° and some 63 mm of rain. The height of summer in Briançon, with afternoons near 23°. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 3 min in mid-August, 73 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Briançon runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Embrun, 39 km to the SSW, is 3° warmer by day.
August in Briançon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 39 km SSW | 26° | 13° | 49 mm |
| SusaPiedmont | 42 km NE | 25° | 14° | 67 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-MaurienneAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 48 km NNW | 26° | 13° | 67 mm |
| AiraliPiedmont | 49 km E | 27° | 17° | 62 mm |
| PineroloPiedmont | 54 km E | 27° | 17° | 64 mm |
| GiavenoPiedmont | 58 km ENE | 26° | 16° | 68 mm |
| GapProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 58 km SW | 28° | 13° | 54 mm |
| AviglianaPiedmont | 63 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 67 mm |