Bagnols-sur-Cèze climate — normals and trends
Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 918 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Bagnols-sur-Cèze averages 25 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Bagnols-sur-Cèze has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -16.8 °C (on 23 February 1948).
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
Bagnols-sur-CèzeOccitanie
- coords
- 44.16°, 4.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
918mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
41.2 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-16.8 °C
23 February 1948
Wettest day
146 mm
23 September 1993
Windiest day
55.0 km/h
4 May 1975
Strongest gust
116.6 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
22 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-21.2 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
27 December 1970
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 June 1940
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 | 10.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 112 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | +50 mm |
| Mar | 15.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 106 mm | +34 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 93 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +5.5 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 54 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 131 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 84 mm | -47 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 89 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 139 mm | +63 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
Bagnols-sur-Cèze has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 918 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The hottest day measured in Bagnols-sur-Cèze between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The coldest day measured in Bagnols-sur-Cèze between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1948, at -16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
Yes. Bagnols-sur-Cèze gets on average 8.1 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Bagnols-sur-Cèze warmed?
Yes: Bagnols-sur-Cèze warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The wettest day measured in Bagnols-sur-Cèze between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1993, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The windiest day measured in Bagnols-sur-Cèze between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 1975, with winds reaching 55.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The warmest month in Bagnols-sur-Cèze is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
Bagnols-sur-Cèze receives on average 918 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
Bagnols-sur-Cèze gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bagnols-sur-Cèze between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1970, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
Yes: Bagnols-sur-Cèze has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bagnols-sur-Cèze?
In Bagnols-sur-Cèze, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 22 August 2023, and the lowest was -21.2 °C on 10 February 1956.
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