Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In July its highs average 23.7°C, 2.9°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks 15th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 21st of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Bordeaux is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- La Rochelle in JulyFrance · 154 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Pau in JulyFrance · 171 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Limoges in JulyFrance · 181 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in JulySpain · 203 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Poitiers in JulyFrance · 206 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Toulouse in JulyFrance · 212 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Pamplona in JulySpain · 241 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Bilbao in JulySpain · 257 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 60 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.