Les Herbiers weather in August

In August, Les Herbiers sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 46 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Les Herbiers's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Les Herbiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:07 AM – 8:09 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Les Herbiers is human settlement in France.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Les Herbiers reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Les Herbiers

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Les Herbiers weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7911.90.68.81.5
Feb10° / 63100.6102.0
Mar13° / 5810.50.111.63.4
Apr15° / 6211.1013.34.5
May19° / 10°6911.3014.85.8
Jun22° / 13°509.3015.66.7
Jul25° / 14°417.6015.37.3
Aug25° / 14°467.70147.3
Sep22° / 12°547.9012.46.8
Oct17° / 7911.7010.65.1
Nov12° / 8012.209.22.9
Dec / 8611.90.18.41.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34852
44852
54951
64951
74951
85050
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125149
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Les Herbiers gets around 46 mm of rain over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
124
225
325
425
526
626
726
826
927
1027
1127
1226
1326
1426
1526
1625
1725
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2124
2224
2323
2423
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2722
2822
2922
3022
3122

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 38% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13042252
23141252
33141252
43241252
53240243
63340243
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254335203
264434193
274633183
284733173
294932163
305032153
315132152

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 8:32 PM to 7:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:488:32
214.75:498:31
314.75:508:30
414.65:528:28
514.65:538:27
614.55:548:25
714.55:558:24
814.45:578:22
914.45:588:21
1014.35:598:19
1114.36:018:18
1214.26:028:16
1314.26:038:14
1414.16:048:13
1514.16:068:11
1614.06:078:09
1714.06:088:07
1813.96:108:06
1913.96:118:04
2013.86:128:02
2113.86:148:00
2213.76:157:58
2313.76:167:57
2413.66:187:55
2513.66:197:53
2613.56:207:51
2713.56:227:49
2813.46:237:47
2913.36:247:45
3013.36:267:43
3113.26:277:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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245.0Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Les Herbiers?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Les Herbiers in August

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

In August, Les Herbiers sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Les Herbiers in August

The nearest coast averages about 20°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 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 20°C and coldest in February near 10°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb10Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May15Bracing
Jun17Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug20Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct17Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Les Herbiers 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 Les Herbiers peaks around July 20 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 20UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Les Herbiers?

Les Herbiers sits at 46.9°N, 1.0°W, 108 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Cholet, 23 km away.

Topography around Les Herbiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Les Herbiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Les Herbiers is covered by grassland (40%), artificial surfaces (21%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
151 m
16 km
271 m
80 km
339 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Cholet 23 km · La Roche-sur-Yon 39 km · Bressuire 40 km · Fontenay-le-Comte 48 km · Vertou 48 km · Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 53 km · Rezé 55 km · Nantes 56 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 Les Herbiers (46.871°, -1.0156°, elevation 108 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).