Bordeaux, France

Set in an ocean-tempered climate, Bordeaux (France) is best understood through its weather data: our 2015–2024 climate record puts its peak at a 98/100 sun score in July, exactly the kind of reliability you want for a long-weekend city trip.

August is the heat peak, averaging 28°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 4°C. On the rain ledger, July is the safest bet at a 23% chance of a wet day, while November climbs to 43%. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on June–September.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 74 for spring, 95 for summer, 72 for autumn and 48 for winter — with typical afternoons of 18°, 27°, 20° and 12°C respectively. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 48). If your dates are flexible, September buys you 24°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Bordeaux

Our month-by-month scoring puts July first (98/100), with August (96) and May (91) close behind. Anything in April–October clears our 70-point reliability bar. At the other end, December scores just 46, the weakest month of the year.

Among the ocean destinations in our catalog, its July rain odds beat 62% of the field.

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Right now the 15-day outlook shows 2 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and none with real rain risk, with temperatures between 2°C and 19°C — which is how Bordeaux earns its current 60/100 sun score.