Bordeaux weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Bordeaux is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with August and September close behind. Bordeaux averages about 2,183 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 41 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,183
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 749 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 803k
- Elevation
- 47 m
When is the best time to visit Bordeaux?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bordeaux is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (6/100, 82 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bordeaux?
Bordeaux gets a moderate 2,183 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate July (84) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #25 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 749 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 82 mm | 1 |
| February | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 58 mm | 2 |
| March | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 63 mm | 3 |
| April | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 58 mm | 4 |
| May | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| June | 81 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| July | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 41 mm | 7 |
| August | 83 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 46 mm | 6 |
| September | 83 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 46 mm | 5 |
| October | 79 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 68 mm | 3 |
| November | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 85 mm | 1 |
| December | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 80 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- La Rochelle France · 155 km · best in Jun · 2,187 h sun/yr
- Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) France · 163 km · best in Jul · 2,105 h sun/yr
- Biarritz France · 164 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
- San Sebastián Spain · 185 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
- Limoges/Bellegarde France · 187 km · best in Sep · 2,089 h sun/yr
- Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées France · 192 km · best in Aug · 2,105 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bergerac France · 97 km · 2,174 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Brive France · 175 km · 2,087 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Bordeaux compares month by month: Bordeaux vs Limoges/Bellegarde · Bordeaux vs Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) · Bordeaux vs La Rochelle · Bordeaux vs Biarritz · all comparisons
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