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