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Cannes in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Cannes is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 68°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Cannes is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 20°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
68°F20°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
13h 54mon average

Is August a good time to visit Cannes?

A good month, just outside Cannes's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 56°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 13°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in August, against 21% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in August, against 30% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 54m in August, against 9h 00m to 15h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July85°29°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August86°30°low 68°low 20°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September79°26°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cannes sits, in August

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:36 AMsets 8:38 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vence21 km north-east

The land around Cannes, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Cannes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cannes. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (126 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (126 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.