Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks 12th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 32nd of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Bordeaux is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- La Rochelle in DecemberFrance · 154 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Pau in DecemberFrance · 171 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Limoges in DecemberFrance · 181 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in DecemberSpain · 203 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Poitiers in DecemberFrance · 206 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Toulouse in DecemberFrance · 212 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Pamplona in DecemberSpain · 241 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Bilbao in DecemberSpain · 257 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 105 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.