Tours weather in August

In August, Tours sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 48 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tours's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tours's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
48 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:59 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Tours is city and commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Air quality
Good
PM10 15.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,085/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 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tours reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 31°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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22615
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42615
52615
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How August really feels in Tours

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.

Tours weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6211.20.78.71.1
Feb / 519.70.89.91.7
Mar13° / 5210.40.311.63.4
Apr16° / 5510.3013.34.7
May19° / 10°6611.3014.95.8
Jun23° / 13°478.6015.76.8
Jul25° / 15°447.6015.37.2
Aug25° / 15°487.7014.17.2
Sep22° / 12°497.5012.46.8
Oct17° / 6810.9010.65.1
Nov11° / 6511.609.12.6
Dec / 7111.80.58.31.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24357
34357
44456
54456
64456
74456
84555
94654
104654
114654
124753
134852
144852
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tours gets around 48 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 26% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
124
225
325
425
525
625
725
826
926
1026
1126
1226
1326
1426
1526
1625
1725
1825
1925
2024
2124
2224
2324
2424
2524
2624
2723
2823
2923
3023
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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13740203
23740203
33839203
43839203
53938203
63938203
74037203
84037213
94036213
104136213
114135213
124135213
134234213
144234213
154334213
164433203
174433203
184532203
194632203
204731193
214831192
224930182
235129182
245229172
255428162
265428162
275627152
285727142
295927131
306027121
316027121

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
111calm
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511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min 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 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 8:27 PM to 7:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:398:27
214.85:418:26
314.75:428:24
414.75:438:23
514.65:448:21
614.65:468:20
714.55:478:18
814.55:488:17
914.45:508:15
1014.45:518:14
1114.35:528:12
1214.35:548:10
1314.25:558:09
1414.25:568:07
1514.15:588:05
1614.15:598:04
1714.06:008:02
1814.06:028:00
1913.96:037:58
2013.96:047:56
2113.86:067:54
2213.86:077:53
2313.76:097:51
2413.66:107:49
2513.66:117:47
2613.56:137:45
2713.56:147:43
2813.46:157:41
2913.46:177:39
3013.36:187:37
3113.36:197:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.5Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
184.9Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.8Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tours?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tours in August

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

In August, Tours sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tours 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 Tours peaks around August 10 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 highHighModerateLowAug 10UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tours?

Tours sits at 47.4°N, 0.7°E, 52 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Tours

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tours has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m.

The land around Tours is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (36%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
91 m
16 km
119 m
80 km
264 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 3.0 km · Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 3.0 km · Saint-Avertin 4.0 km · Joué-lès-Tours 6.0 km · Vendôme 52 km · Blois 52 km · Saumur 61 km · Châtellerault 65 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 Tours (47.3948°, 0.704°, elevation 52 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).