Orange Weather in August
Orange in August
The short of it: Orange in August averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 18° · rain 46 mm · daylight 14 h 0 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & May
Thirty years of records give Orange an average August high of 32°, a low of 18° and some 46 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 0 min in mid-August, 71 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and May.
Against its neighbours, Orange runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Sorgues, 15 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Orange, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 18 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 15 km SSE | 32° | 18° | 42 mm |
| Bagnols-sur-CèzeOccitanie | 15 km W | 30° | 18° | 45 mm |
| BollèneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 17 km NNW | 31° | 17° | 48 mm |
| Pont-Saint-EspritOccitanie | 18 km NW | 31° | 17° | 47 mm |
| MonteuxProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 19 km SE | 32° | 18° | 41 mm |
| Villeneuve-lès-AvignonOccitanie | 19 km S | 31° | 18° | 42 mm |
| VedèneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 19 km SSE | 32° | 18° | 41 mm |
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km SSE | 32° | 18° | 41 mm |