Béziers weather in August

In August, Béziers sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Béziers's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Béziers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
28 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:57 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
37%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Béziers is city in Hérault, Occitanie, France.

Density
776/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Béziers reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Béziers weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 739.29.22.7
Feb11° / 516.510.23.1
Mar14° / 567.211.64.4
Apr16° / 10°658.413.25.3
May19° / 14°557.514.56.6
Jun23° / 17°274.115.28.0
Jul26° / 20°163.114.98.3
Aug26° / 20°28513.87.9
Sep23° / 17°876.712.37.5
Oct19° / 14°11910.810.86.0
Nov14° / 10°9810.49.54.3
Dec12° / 678.98.83.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
27921
37921
47822
57822
67822
77822
87822
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Béziers gets around 28 mm of rain over 5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
316
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516
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717
817
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1516
1616
1716
1815
1915
2015
2115
2215
2315
2415
2515
2615
2715
2815
2915
3015
3116

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
192527327
292626337
3102625337
4102624337
5112624337
6112623337
7112623337
8122623337
9122623337
10122524327
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23142227315
24152227305
25172226305
26182326294
27202326284
28212325273
29232325263
30242326252
31252326232

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
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915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:418:06
214.45:428:04
314.35:438:03
414.35:448:02
514.35:458:01
614.25:467:59
714.25:477:58
814.15:487:57
914.15:507:55
1014.15:517:54
1114.05:527:53
1214.05:537:51
1313.95:547:50
1413.95:557:48
1513.85:567:47
1613.85:577:45
1713.85:597:44
1813.76:007:42
1913.76:017:40
2013.66:027:39
2113.66:037:37
2213.56:047:35
2313.56:057:34
2413.46:067:32
2513.46:087:30
2613.36:097:29
2713.36:107:27
2813.26:117:25
2913.26:127:23
3013.16:137:22
3113.16:147:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.6Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.1Intense
166.1Intense
176.0Intense
186.0Bright
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205.9Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Béziers

In seasonPeak

None of Béziers's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Béziers's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Béziers?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Béziers for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Béziers in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Béziers sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 20°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Béziers in August

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 30 to Sep 19 — about 2.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan12Bracing
Feb12Bracing
Mar12Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May16Cool
Jun19Cool
Jul21Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep20Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov16Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index in Béziers in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Béziers peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Béziers?

Béziers sits at 43.3°N, 3.2°E, 66 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Agde, 21 km away.

Topography around Béziers

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Béziers.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Béziers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,436 m.

The land around Béziers is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (22%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (30%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
1,436 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Agde 21 km · Narbonne 25 km · Sète 39 km · Frontignan 45 km · Lattes 61 km · Montpellier 61 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 64 km · Mauguio 71 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 77% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$48,986
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 539
Religion
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Béziers (43.3412°, 3.214°, elevation 66 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).