Climate averages 1991–2020

Brest, France weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 14.6°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 45 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Brest · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Brest, France: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 40 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Helier (196 km away). In July its highs average 17.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Brest, France, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 57 cities listed in France, Brest, France ranks 57th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 19th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Brest, France is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 53 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Brest, France climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Brest, France, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.7°C6.7°C6.7°C9915.38.89 h
February 9.6°C6.2°C6.2°C8013.410.210 h
March 10.9°C7.1°C7.1°C6412.611.912 h
April 12.5°C8.2°C8.2°C6611.913.614 h
May 15.0°C10.6°C10.6°C5910.515.215 h
June 17.3°C12.9°C12.9°C479.716.016 h
July, selected 18.9°C14.6°C14.6°C4510.115.716 h
August 19.1°C14.9°C14.9°C5310.014.314 h
September 17.8°C13.6°C13.6°C529.612.613 h
October 15.2°C11.8°C11.8°C9214.110.911 h
November 12.3°C9.5°C9.5°C9614.99.39 h
December 10.4°C7.4°C7.4°C10515.38.48 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

Distance from Brest

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brest) is explained once on the Brest, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.