Cestas climate — normals and trends
Cestas (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 794 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Cestas averages 26 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Cestas has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 18 June 2022) and the coldest -13.9 °C (on 22 February 1956).
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
CestasNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 44.74°, -0.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
794mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
42.5 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest day
-13.9 °C
22 February 1956
Wettest day
76 mm
11 May 2020
Windiest day
64.9 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
137.2 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
22 February 1956
Snowiest day
8.3 cm
25 January 2007
Sunniest day
15.1 h
18 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 137 mm | +64 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 63 mm | 0 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 75 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 27 mm | -50 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 40 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 23 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 56 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 86 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 11.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cestas?
Cestas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cestas?
The hottest day measured in Cestas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2022, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cestas?
The coldest day measured in Cestas between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1956, at -13.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cestas?
Yes. Cestas gets on average 2.0 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Cestas warmed?
Yes: Cestas warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cestas?
The wettest day measured in Cestas between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2020, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cestas?
The windiest day measured in Cestas between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 64.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cestas?
The warmest month in Cestas is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Cestas?
Cestas receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cestas?
Cestas gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cestas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cestas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2007, with 8.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cestas?
Yes: Cestas has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cestas?
In Cestas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 18 June 2022, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 22 February 1956.
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