Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In August its highs average 24.1°C, 3.0°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks 14th of 57 for the warmest August highs and joint 29th of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Bordeaux is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bordeaux climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 71 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 50 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 53 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 64 | 9.5 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 48 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 57 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 67 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 73 | 11.4 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- La Rochelle in AugustFrance · 154 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Pau in AugustFrance · 171 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Limoges in AugustFrance · 181 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in AugustSpain · 203 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Poitiers in AugustFrance · 206 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Toulouse in AugustFrance · 212 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Pamplona in AugustSpain · 241 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Bilbao in AugustSpain · 257 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 55 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bordeaux) is explained once on the Bordeaux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.