Caen Weather in August
Caen in August
The short of it: Caen in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 53 mm · daylight 14 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Caen an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 53 mm of rain. The height of summer in Caen, with afternoons near 24°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 23 min in mid-August, 87 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Caen runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Mondeville, 3 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Caen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MondevilleNormandy | 3 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Cormelles-le-RoyalNormandy | 4 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Fleury-sur-OrneNormandy | 4 km SSW | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Bretteville-sur-OdonNormandy | 5 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Hérouville-Saint-ClairNormandy | 5 km NE | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| ColombellesNormandy | 5 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| IfsNormandy | 5 km S | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |
| GibervilleNormandy | 5 km E | 24° | 14° | 52 mm |