France in August

August is France's 6th-best month (rank 6 of 12): its 26 destinations average 79/100, led by Cannes at 96 — 32°C and 1 rainy day — while Courchevel is cooler at 19°C and scores 15.

#6 of 12 months for France · 26 destinations · updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

🇫🇷 France, month by month

79/100 in August

Where in France in August

#	Place	Type	Feels-like high	Rain	Comfort	At its best
1	Cannes	Beach	32°C	14 mm · 1 day	96 tier S	Yes
2	Ajaccio	Island	33°C	15 mm · 2 days	95 tier S	Yes
3	Nice	Beach	32°C	38 mm · 7 days	94 tier S	Yes
4	Bonifacio	Beach	36°C	9 mm · 2 days	93 tier S	Yes
5	La Rochelle	Beach	25°C	26 mm · 5 days	93 tier S	Yes
6	Saint-Tropez	Beach	33°C	19 mm · 3 days	93 tier S	Yes
7	Hossegor	Beach	26°C	53 mm · 8 days	92 tier S	Yes
8	Nantes	City	26°C	37 mm · 7 days	92 tier S	Yes
9	Lille	City	25°C	53 mm · 9 days	91 tier S	Yes
10	Biarritz	Beach	27°C	63 mm · 10 days	90 tier S	Yes
11	Paris	City	27°C	51 mm · 9 days	90 tier S	Yes
12	Annecy	City	30°C	103 mm · 12 days	87 tier A	Yes
13	Strasbourg	City	28°C	60 mm · 9 days	87 tier A	—
14	Bordeaux	City	30°C	38 mm · 7 days	85 tier A	—
15	Colmar	City	27°C	99 mm · 13 days	85 tier A	—
16	Toulouse	City	31°C	36 mm · 4 days	83 tier A	—
17	Aix-en-Provence	City	31°C	33 mm · 3 days	82 tier A	—
18	Carcassonne	City	32°C	33 mm · 6 days	82 tier A	—
19	Corte	Trekking hub	30°C	36 mm · 8 days	82 tier A	—
20	Lyon	City	30°C	63 mm · 7 days	82 tier A	—
21	Marseille	City	31°C	30 mm · 2 days	82 tier A	—
22	Montpellier	City	31°C	34 mm · 5 days	82 tier A	—
23	Avignon	City	32°C	49 mm · 3 days	80 tier A	—
24	Chamonix	Ski resort	24°C	132 mm · 16 days	16 tier F	—
25	Courchevel	Ski resort	19°C	83 mm · 13 days	15 tier F	—
26	Val d'Isère	Ski resort	20°C	141 mm · 18 days	15 tier F	—

Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score; each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. "At its best" means August is one of that place's own top three months. Feels-like highs fold in humidity, wind and sun.

What's on in France in August

Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique · Cannes · 4 Jul – 24 Aug (usually)
The August crush · Ajaccio and 2 more places · 15 Jul – 31 Aug
Journees Napoleoniennes · Ajaccio · 12–15 Aug
The Ile de Re summer · La Rochelle · 10 Jul – 25 Aug
Le Voyage a Nantes · Nantes · 4 Jul – 6 Sep
Fete du lac · Annecy · 1 Aug
Storks on the nests · Strasbourg · 15 Feb – 31 Aug (usually)
Foire aux Vins d'Alsace · Colmar · 31 Jul – 9 Aug

Seasons in force

Sea warm enough · 8 places Extreme heat · 6 places Summer season opens · 6 places Smoke season · 3 places Trail season · 3 places Harvest · 2 places Rip currents & big surf · 1 place

Peak crowds at 10 of France's 20 well-known places this month.

Better months for France

May · 82/100 September · 82/100 June · 80/100 Weakest: December · 62/100

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