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Bordeaux in December

Cool and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Bordeaux is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 51 minutes.December in Bordeaux is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 51 minutes.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
8h 51mon average

Is December a good time to visit Bordeaux?

December sits outside Bordeaux's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 54°F in December, against 53°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in December, against 12°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in December, against 27% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in December, against 35% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

8h 51m in December, against 8h 51m to 15h 32m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November62°17°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December54°12°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January53°12°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Bordeaux sits, in December

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:33 AMsets 5:22 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.