Will August be as hot and dry as its predecessor, July? According to La Chaîne Météo’s four-week trend, the coming weeks are indeed “warmer with the specter of severe heat, at least in the south”. For the end of the summer holidays, the conditions could be slightly less hot, with fewer and fewer storms until the start of the school year. A cold drop formed in Portugal earlier this month raises fears of another major rise in mercury, followed by a stormy downgrade. “Difficult to be more precise at this deadline, but the level of temperatures in the country will once again depend on the positioning of this cold drop”, nuances the site specializing in meteorology.

Traditionally, the month of August is “famous for its recurring thunderstorms as well as for a few heat waves”, as the forecaster attests. Do you know how often the rain falls in France at this time of year? In our slideshow below, discover the average number of rainy days in August, region by region. The information provided is based on figures from La Chaîne Météo as of August 4, 2020.

Here are the average hours of sunshine per region in a typical August climate: