Foix Weather in August
Foix in August
The short of it: Foix in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 60 mm · daylight 13 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Foix an average August high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 60 mm of rain. The height of summer in Foix, with afternoons near 26°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 55 min in mid-August, 68 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; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Foix runs about middling and drier than most in August. Tarascon-sur-Ariège, 13 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Foix, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarascon-sur-AriègeOccitanie | 13 km S | 26° | 14° | 63 mm |
| PamiersOccitanie | 17 km N | 27° | 16° | 55 mm |
| LavelanetOccitanie | 20 km E | 26° | 15° | 61 mm |
| SaverdunOccitanie | 30 km N | 27° | 16° | 50 mm |
| Saint-GironsOccitanie | 38 km W | 26° | 15° | 64 mm |
| AuteriveOccitanie | 44 km NNW | 28° | 16° | 47 mm |
| la MassanaLa Massana | 47 km S | 22° | 11° | 72 mm |
| QuillanOccitanie | 48 km ESE | 27° | 16° | 50 mm |