Bazas climate — normals and trends
Bazas (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 751 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bazas averages 28 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Bazas has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 34 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 18 June 2022) and the coldest -14.9 °C (on 16 January 1985).
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
BazasNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 44.43°, -0.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
751mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.5 cm
Average feels-like high
17.1 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
42.1 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest day
-14.9 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
65 mm
10 May 2020
Windiest day
53.5 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
17 January 1987
Snowiest day
10.6 cm
25 January 2007
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 106 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 78 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -41 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 48 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 20.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 57 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 57 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bazas?
Bazas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 751 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bazas?
The hottest day measured in Bazas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2022, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bazas?
The coldest day measured in Bazas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bazas?
Yes. Bazas gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Bazas warmed?
Yes: Bazas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bazas?
The wettest day measured in Bazas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2020, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bazas?
The windiest day measured in Bazas between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bazas?
The warmest month in Bazas is July (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bazas?
Bazas receives on average 751 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bazas?
Bazas gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bazas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bazas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2007, with 10.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bazas?
Yes: Bazas has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bazas?
In Bazas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 17 January 1987.
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