Gap Weather in August
Gap in August
The short of it: Gap in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 13° · rain 54 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
August in Gap brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 13°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. No month in Gap runs warmer: highs about 28°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-August, 72 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and about as wet in August. Veynes, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 14 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 27° | 13° | 60 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 26° | 13° | 49 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 28° | 14° | 52 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 30° | 15° | 44 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 26° | 12° | 71 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 23° | 12° | 52 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 28° | 15° | 41 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 25° | 12° | 68 mm |