Climate averages 1991–2020
Pau weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Pau: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pamplona (118 km away). In July its highs average 25.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Pau, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Pau ranks joint 30th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 56th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Pau is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 104 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
Pau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 98 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 145 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 159 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 128 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 24.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 104 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 123 | 13.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 138 | 14.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 108 | 13.2 | 9.09 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
- Pamplona in JulySpain · 118 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in JulySpain · 131 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Toulouse in JulyFrance · 149 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bordeaux in JulyFrance · 171 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in JulyAndorra · 177 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Zaragoza in JulySpain · 189 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Logroño in JulySpain · 195 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in JulySpain · 195 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 32 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 Pau) is explained once on the Pau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.