Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In February its highs average 10.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks joint 10th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Bordeaux is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- La Rochelle in FebruaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Pau in FebruaryFrance · 171 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Limoges in FebruaryFrance · 181 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in FebruarySpain · 203 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Poitiers in FebruaryFrance · 206 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Toulouse in FebruaryFrance · 212 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Pamplona in FebruarySpain · 241 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Bilbao in FebruarySpain · 257 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 101 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.