Average Sunshine in France for August

The tables below give August averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total August sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
343 Ajaccio (Corsica) 20 1
314 Bastia (Corsica) 15 1
232 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 8 6
320 Cannes
268 Carcassonne 11 4
263 Grenoble 11 5
247 Lyon 11 5
327 Marseille 19 2
299 Montelimar
305 Montpellier 15 2
323 Nice 16 1
273 Perpignan 10 4
333 Toulon 20 1

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in August
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
214 Biarritz 6 8
249 Bordeaux 9 5
211 Pau
208 Tarbes
239 Toulouse 9 5

Central France

Average August sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
243 Clermont-Ferrand 9 4
240 Dijon 10 5
278 La Rochelle 11 4
237 Limoges 10 6
229 Orléans 8 5
215 Paris 8 6
244 Poitiers 10 4
238 Tours 10 4

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in August on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
237 Besançon 10 6
224 Colmar 8 7
197 Lille 6 6
213 Metz 8 6
219 Nancy 8 6
Reims 9 6
224 Strasbourg 9 7
232 Troyes 9 5

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in August
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
224 Angers 8 6
172 Brest 4 9
205 Caen 6 7
226 Le Mans 9 5
219 Lorient 7 6
233 Nantes 8 6
207 Rennes 6 7
190 Rouen 5 8
182 Saint-Brieuc 4 8
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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