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Paris in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Paris is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 33 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Paris is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
14h 17mon average

Is August a good time to visit Paris?

Yes. August is one of Paris's best months (June to September).

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 79°F in August, against 48°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 9°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in August, against 29% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in August, against 45% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

14h 17m in August, against 8h 19m to 16h 06m 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. July78°26°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August79°26°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September73°23°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Paris sits, in August

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:42 AMsets 9:09 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
48.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Commes229 km west

The land around Paris, 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 Paris

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Paris. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.