Reims weather in August

In August, Reims sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 64 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Reims's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Reims's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:41 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
60%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Reims is city in Marne, France.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,191/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Reims reaches about 24°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 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Reims

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.

Reims weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 60120.98.50.4
Feb / 5410.51.69.80.9
Mar11° / 5511.40.611.62.7
Apr15° / 5411013.44.3
May19° / 6711.9015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°5910.7015.96.3
Jul24° / 14°579.9015.66.9
Aug24° / 14°6410014.26.9
Sep20° / 11°539012.46.3
Oct15° / 6310.9010.54.4
Nov10° / 6312.20.58.91.9
Dec / 7813.21.58.10.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
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54753
64654
74654
84654
94654
104654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Reims gets around 64 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13939202
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84138192
94138192
104138182
114238182
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235034161
245133151
255232151
265531140
275630140
285829130
296028120
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316227110

Wind in August

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:20 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:208:20
215.05:218:18
314.95:238:17
414.95:248:15
514.85:268:14
614.85:278:12
714.75:288:11
814.75:308:09
914.65:318:07
1014.55:338:05
1114.55:348:04
1214.45:368:02
1314.45:378:00
1414.35:387:58
1514.35:407:56
1614.25:417:55
1714.25:437:53
1814.15:447:51
1914.15:467:49
2014.05:477:47
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2213.95:507:43
2313.85:527:41
2413.85:537:39
2513.75:557:37
2613.65:567:35
2713.65:587:33
2813.55:597:31
2913.56:017:28
3013.46:027:26
3113.36:047:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Reims?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Reims for sightseeing.

What to pack for Reims in August

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

In August, Reims sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Reims 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 Reims peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Reims?

Reims sits at 49.3°N, 4.0°E, 88 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Épernay, 26 km away.

Topography around Reims

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reims has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 90 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m.

The land around Reims is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
252 m
80 km
359 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Épernay 26 km · Châlons-en-Champagne 43 km · Laon 44 km · Château-Thierry 52 km · Soissons 53 km · Tergnier 68 km · Vitry-le-François 73 km · Charleville-Mézières 75 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 Reims (49.2653°, 4.0285°, elevation 88 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. 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).