Paris Weather in August
Paris in August
The short of it: Paris in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 51 mm · daylight 14 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Paris an average August high of 26°, a low of 16° and some 51 mm of rain. No month in Paris runs warmer: highs about 26°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 21 min in mid-August, 85 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Paris runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Paris 05 Panthéon, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Paris, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 11 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 05 PanthéonÎle-de-France | 1 km S | 26° | 16° | 51 mm |
| Paris 10 EntrepôtÎle-de-France | 2 km NNE | 26° | 16° | 51 mm |
| Paris 09 OpéraÎle-de-France | 2 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 51 mm |
| Paris 11 PopincourtÎle-de-France | 2 km E | 26° | 15° | 51 mm |
| Paris 11e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 2 km ENE | 26° | 15° | 51 mm |
| Paris 13 GobelinsÎle-de-France | 2 km SSE | 26° | 16° | 51 mm |
| Paris 10e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 3 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 51 mm |
| Paris 14 ObservatoireÎle-de-France | 3 km SW | 26° | 16° | 50 mm |