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Bordeaux in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Bordeaux is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Bordeaux is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
13h 59mon average

Is August a good time to visit Bordeaux?

A good month, just outside Bordeaux's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in August, against 53°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 12°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in August, against 27% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in August, against 35% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

13h 59m in August, against 8h 51m to 15h 32m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August84°29°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September79°26°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Bordeaux sits, in August

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:03 AMsets 9:11 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Massignac142 km north-east

The land around Bordeaux, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Bordeaux

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bordeaux. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.