Nîmes/Garons weather by month & the best time to visit

🇫🇷 France · regional city · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Nîmes/Garons is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with June and May close behind. Nîmes/Garons averages about 2,837 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 36 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

2,837

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

89/100

Rain / year

740 mm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

170k

Elevation

92 m

When is the best time to visit Nîmes/Garons?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Nîmes/Garons is August, then June and May. The dullest month is January (7/100, 61 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Nîmes/Garons?

Nîmes/Garons gets a lot of sun: around 2,837 hours a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate August (89) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 740 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 42 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
• Marseille France · 73 km · best in Jul · 2,885 h sun/yr
• Toulon France · 158 km · best in Jul · 2,729 h sun/yr
• Perpignan/Rivesaltes France · 169 km · best in Jun · 2,449 h sun/yr
• Carcassonne France · 181 km · best in Jul · 2,249 h sun/yr
• Grenoble France · 193 km · best in Sep · 2,189 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Avignon France · 42 km · 2,838 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Béziers France · 98 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Le Puy-en-Velay France · 156 km · 2,071 h sun/yr · best in Jul