Bordeaux climate

Name: Bordeaux
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Bordeaux is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 3.1 °C. November is the wettest month (79 mm) and July the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bordeaux averages 775 mm of rain, 72 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

France · population 265,328 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 27 °C
Coldest month February 3.1 °C
Driest month July 50 mm
Wettest month November 79 mm
Least cloud August 46 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -8.2 °C

What to expectBordeaux through the year

Bordeaux has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in February to 27 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 72 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 50 mm in July to 79 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.1 °C	72 mm	68 %
February	11.3 °C	51 mm	61 %
March	14.8 °C	54 mm	59 %
April	17.3 °C	70 mm	60 %
May	21.0 °C	73 mm	61 %
June	24.4 °C	66 mm	55 %
July	26.5 °C	50 mm	47 %
August	27.1 °C	56 mm	46 %
September	23.8 °C	59 mm	50 %
October	19.3 °C	69 mm	60 %
November	13.7 °C	79 mm	67 %
December	10.7 °C	75 mm	67 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	10.1 °C	3.4 °C	6.5 °C	18.0 °C	-8.2 °C	0	0	8
February	11.3 °C	3.1 °C	7.0 °C	23.5 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	7
March	14.8 °C	5.3 °C	9.9 °C	24.9 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	2
April	17.3 °C	7.7 °C	12.4 °C	30.4 °C	-1.8 °C	1	0	0
May	21.0 °C	11.2 °C	16.1 °C	34.1 °C	2.9 °C	6	1	0
June	24.4 °C	14.5 °C	19.5 °C	40.0 °C	7.3 °C	13	4	0
July	26.5 °C	16.3 °C	21.4 °C	39.9 °C	10.0 °C	18	7	0
August	27.1 °C	16.6 °C	21.7 °C	40.2 °C	9.9 °C	19	7	0
September	23.8 °C	13.8 °C	18.6 °C	35.6 °C	5.9 °C	11	3	0
October	19.3 °C	11.0 °C	14.8 °C	31.0 °C	-1.6 °C	3	0	0
November	13.7 °C	6.8 °C	10.0 °C	24.2 °C	-5.1 °C	0	0	1
December	10.7 °C	4.2 °C	7.2 °C	19.1 °C	-7.2 °C	0	0	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	72 mm	11	9.2 h/day	68 %	85 %	16 km/h
February	51 mm	9	10 h/day	61 %	80 %	16 km/h
March	54 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	70 mm	12	13 h/day	60 %	72 %	16 km/h
May	73 mm	11	15 h/day	61 %	71 %	15 km/h
June	66 mm	9	16 h/day	55 %	69 %	15 km/h
July	50 mm	8	15 h/day	47 %	68 %	14 km/h
August	56 mm	8	14 h/day	46 %	67 %	14 km/h
September	59 mm	9	13 h/day	50 %	70 %	14 km/h
October	69 mm	10	11 h/day	60 %	78 %	15 km/h
November	79 mm	12	9.6 h/day	67 %	84 %	15 km/h
December	75 mm	11	8.8 h/day	67 %	86 %	16 km/h

How Bordeaux compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bordeaux	27 °C	3.1 °C	775 mm	72
Donostia / San Sebastián · Spain	23 °C	6.1 °C	1,465 mm	26
Toulouse · France	28 °C	2.7 °C	776 mm	76
Pamplona · Spain	26 °C	1.3 °C	740 mm	55

Where Bordeaux ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	46th of 50	90/100
The warmest places in Europe in March	47th of 50	15 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bordeaux.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bordeaux’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bordeaux?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bordeaux get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bordeaux?

November, averaging 79 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 775 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bordeaux rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 44.841°, -0.580° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.