Brive weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Brive is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with August and September close behind. Brive averages about 2,087 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 52 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,087
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 788 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈11 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 152k
- Elevation
- 301 m
When is the best time to visit Brive?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Brive is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 73 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Brive?
Brive gets a moderate 2,087 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate July (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 788 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 | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 73 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 51 mm | 1 |
| March | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 68 mm | 3 |
| April | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 76 mm | 4 |
| May | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 82 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 67 mm | 6 |
| July | 81 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 52 mm | 7 |
| August | 81 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| September | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| October | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 66 mm | 3 |
| November | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 74 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 71 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Limoges/Bellegarde France · 95 km · best in Sep · 2,089 h sun/yr
- Toulouse/Blagnac France · 157 km · best in Jul · 2,220 h sun/yr
- Bordeaux France · 175 km · best in Jul · 2,183 h sun/yr
- Carcassonne France · 213 km · best in Jul · 2,249 h sun/yr
- Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées France · 239 km · best in Aug · 2,105 h sun/yr
- Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) France · 239 km · best in Jul · 2,105 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aurillac France · 75 km · 2,258 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bergerac France · 80 km · 2,174 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Rodez/Marcillac France · 106 km · 2,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clermont-Ferrand France · 155 km · 2,073 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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