Bagnères-de-Bigorre climate — normals and trends
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,480 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre averages 88 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 185 rainy days per year.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 105 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 2 February 1954).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Bagnères-de-BigorreOccitanie
- coords
- 43.06°, 0.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,480mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
185 d/yr
Annual snowfall
216.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.0 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
2 February 1954
Wettest day
77 mm
14 August 2024
Windiest day
29.9 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
30 June 2015
Coldest feels-like
-25.8 °C
2 February 1954
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
11 January 1979
Sunniest day
14.5 h
21 June 2001
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 117 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 9.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 59 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 8.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 132 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 153 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 155 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 146 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 108 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 148 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 132 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -61 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 150 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 62 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Bagnères-de-Bigorre has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,480 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The hottest day measured in Bagnères-de-Bigorre between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The coldest day measured in Bagnères-de-Bigorre between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Yes. Bagnères-de-Bigorre gets on average 216.0 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Bagnères-de-Bigorre warmed?
Yes: Bagnères-de-Bigorre warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The wettest day measured in Bagnères-de-Bigorre between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2024, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The windiest day measured in Bagnères-de-Bigorre between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The warmest month in Bagnères-de-Bigorre is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Bagnères-de-Bigorre receives on average 1,480 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 185 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Bagnères-de-Bigorre gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bagnères-de-Bigorre between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1979, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
In Bagnères-de-Bigorre, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 30 June 2015, and the lowest was -25.8 °C on 2 February 1954.
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