Martigny-Ville weather in August

In August, Martigny-Ville sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 130 mm of precipitation across 16.2 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. 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 Martigny-Ville's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Martigny-Ville's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 130 mm; 16.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 5:36 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 1st clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Martigny-Ville is town in the municipality of Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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

← July Martigny-Ville year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Martigny-Ville reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	5
31	15	5

How August really feels in Martigny-Ville

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Martigny-Ville weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-5° / -12°	135	12.5	13.1	8.9	0.0
Feb	-3° / -11°	112	11.4	12.1	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -7°	113	13.3	13.4	11.6	0.0
Apr	5° / -3°	104	13.9	11.9	13.3	0.2
May	10° / 1°	143	18.6	7.4	14.7	1.7
Jun	14° / 5°	141	18.5	2.6	15.5	3.4
Jul	17° / 7°	146	18.1	0.9	15.2	4.5
Aug	16° / 7°	130	16.2	0.8	14	4.6
Sep	13° / 3°	106	14.6	2.9	12.3	3.1
Oct	8° / -1°	108	12.9	7	10.7	1.2
Nov	1° / -7°	128	13.5	12.9	9.2	0.0
Dec	-4° / -11°	149	13.4	13.9	8.5	0.0

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 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	51	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	49	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Martigny-Ville gets around 130 mm of rain and snow over 16.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 52% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	1
2	55	1
3	55	1
4	55	1
5	55	1
6	55	2
7	55	2
8	54	2
9	54	2
10	54	2
11	54	2
12	54	2
13	53	2
14	53	2
15	52	2
16	52	2
17	52	2
18	51	2
19	51	2
20	51	2
21	51	2
22	50	2
23	50	3
24	50	3
25	50	3
26	50	4
27	50	4
28	50	5
29	50	5
30	49	5
31	49	6

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 5:18 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 7:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:56
Sunset (PM)	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.7	5:18	7:58
2	14.6	5:19	7:57
3	14.6	5:20	7:55
4	14.5	5:21	7:54
5	14.5	5:23	7:52
6	14.5	5:24	7:51
7	14.4	5:25	7:50
8	14.4	5:26	7:48
9	14.3	5:28	7:47
10	14.3	5:29	7:45
11	14.2	5:30	7:43
12	14.2	5:31	7:42
13	14.1	5:33	7:40
14	14.1	5:34	7:39
15	14.0	5:35	7:37
16	14.0	5:36	7:35
17	13.9	5:38	7:34
18	13.9	5:39	7:32
19	13.8	5:40	7:30
20	13.8	5:42	7:28
21	13.7	5:43	7:27
22	13.7	5:44	7:25
23	13.6	5:45	7:23
24	13.6	5:47	7:21
25	13.5	5:48	7:19
26	13.5	5:49	7:17
27	13.4	5:51	7:15
28	13.4	5:52	7:14
29	13.3	5:53	7:12
30	13.3	5:54	7:10
31	13.2	5:56	7:08

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Martigny-Ville?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Martigny-Ville for sightseeing.

What to pack for Martigny-Ville in August

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

In August, Martigny-Ville sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Martigny-Ville in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Martigny-Ville 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 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	9	8	9	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Martigny-Ville?

Martigny-Ville sits at 46.1°N, 7.1°E, 475 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Monthey, 19 km away.

Topography around Martigny-Ville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Martigny-Ville has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,243 m around an average of 729 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,356 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,490 m.

The land around Martigny-Ville is covered by trees (67%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,243 m

trees 67%

16 km

3,356 m

trees 47%

80 km

4,490 m

trees 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← July Martigny-Ville year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Monthey 19 km · Chamonix 25 km · Sitten 26 km · Sallanches 38 km · Cluses 39 km · Montreux 39 km · Sierre 41 km · Vevey 44 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 112% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $114,769; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 564
Religion

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 Martigny-Ville (46.1028°, 7.0724°, elevation 475 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	1
2	55	1
3	55	1
4	55	1
5	55	1
6	55	2
7	55	2
8	54	2
9	54	2
10	54	2
11	54	2
12	54	2
13	53	2
14	53	2
15	52	2
16	52	2
17	52	2
18	51	2
19	51	2
20	51	2
21	51	2
22	50	2
23	50	3
24	50	3
25	50	3
26	50	4
27	50	4
28	50	5
29	50	5
30	49	5
31	49	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	1
2	55	1
3	55	1
4	55	1
5	55	1
6	55	2
7	55	2
8	54	2
9	54	2
10	54	2
11	54	2
12	54	2
13	53	2
14	53	2
15	52	2
16	52	2
17	52	2
18	51	2
19	51	2
20	51	2
21	51	2
22	50	2
23	50	3
24	50	3
25	50	3
26	50	4
27	50	4
28	50	5
29	50	5
30	49	5
31	49	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	1
2	55	1
3	55	1
4	55	1
5	55	1
6	55	2
7	55	2
8	54	2
9	54	2
10	54	2
11	54	2
12	54	2
13	53	2
14	53	2
15	52	2
16	52	2
17	52	2
18	51	2
19	51	2
20	51	2
21	51	2
22	50	2
23	50	3
24	50	3
25	50	3
26	50	4
27	50	4
28	50	5
29	50	5
30	49	5
31	49	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100