Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with July and September close behind. Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées averages about 2,105 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,105
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 870 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈40 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 83k
- Elevation
- 368 m
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When is the best time to visit Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (13/100, 87 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées?
Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées gets a moderate 2,105 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate August (82) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 870 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 | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 87 mm | 1 |
| February | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 69 mm | 2 |
| March | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 75 mm | 3 |
| April | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 86 mm | 5 |
| May | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 93 mm | 6 |
| June | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 65 mm | 7 |
| July | 81 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 52 mm | 7 |
| August | 82 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 51 mm | 6 |
| September | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 56 mm | 5 |
| October | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 70 mm | 3 |
| November | 37 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 93 mm | 1 |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 73 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) France · 40 km · best in Jul · 2,105 h sun/yr
- Toulouse/Blagnac France · 121 km · best in Jul · 2,220 h sun/yr
- Biarritz France · 127 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
- San Sebastián Spain · 146 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
- Carcassonne France · 188 km · best in Jul · 2,249 h sun/yr
- Zaragoza Spain · 188 km · best in Sep · 2,847 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pamplona Spain · 141 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Seu d'Urgell Spain · 149 km · 2,481 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées compares month by month: Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées vs Toulouse/Blagnac · Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées vs Zaragoza · Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées vs Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) · Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées vs Biarritz · all comparisons
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