Toulouse weather in August

In August, Toulouse sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 65 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Toulouse's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toulouse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
6:04 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
49%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Toulouse is French commune and city in Haute-Garonne, Occitania.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,325/km²
people per km²
Founded
~106 CE

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Toulouse reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 33°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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How August really feels in Toulouse

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.

Toulouse weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 6611.30.89.12.2
Feb11° / 529.40.910.22.8
Mar15° / 6010.40.411.64.4
Apr17° / 7911.9013.25.2
May21° / 11°8212014.56.1
Jun25° / 15°669015.26.9
Jul28° / 17°517.8014.96.7
Aug28° / 17°658.5013.86.5
Sep24° / 14°568.2012.37.1
Oct20° / 11°6510.3010.86.2
Nov14° / 7511.80.19.53.8
Dec11° / 6510.90.38.82.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
25941
35941
45941
55941
65941
75842
85842
95842
105842
115842
125842
135842
145842
155941
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305743
315743

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Toulouse gets around 65 mm of rain over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
129
230
330
431
531
631
730
830
930
1029
1129
1228
1328
1427
1527
1626
1726
1825
1925
2025
2125
2225
2324
2424
2524
2624
2724
2824
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3023
3123

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117303419
217303419
318303319
418303319
519303218
619303218
719313217
820313217
920313216
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1120313316
1220313315
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2323313115
2425303014
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2730292912
2832282812
2934282711
3036272710
313727269

Wind in August

Winds average 10 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 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 5:47 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 7:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:478:13
214.45:488:12
314.45:498:11
414.35:508:10
514.35:528:08
614.25:538:07
714.25:548:06
814.25:558:04
914.15:568:03
1014.15:578:02
1114.05:588:00
1214.05:597:59
1313.96:017:57
1413.96:027:56
1513.96:037:54
1613.86:047:53
1713.86:057:51
1813.76:067:50
1913.76:077:48
2013.66:097:46
2113.66:107:45
2213.56:117:43
2313.56:127:41
2413.46:137:40
2513.46:147:38
2613.36:157:36
2713.36:177:34
2813.26:187:33
2913.26:197:31
3013.16:207:29
3113.16:217:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.6Bright
75.6Bright
85.6Bright
95.6Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
145.5Bright
155.4Bright
165.4Bright
175.4Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Toulouse?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Toulouse for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Toulouse in August

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

In August, Toulouse sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Toulouse 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 Toulouse peaks around July 16 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 16UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Toulouse?

Toulouse sits at 43.6°N, 1.4°E, 150 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Balma, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Toulouse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toulouse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,651 m.

The land around Toulouse is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), trees (32%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
175 m
80 km
1,651 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Balma 5.0 km · Blagnac 6.0 km · Colomiers 9.0 km · Tournefeuille 10 km · Cugnaux 11 km · Plaisance-du-Touch 13 km · Muret 19 km · Montauban 47 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 Toulouse (43.6043°, 1.4437°, elevation 150 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).