Cherbourg climate — normals and trends
Cherbourg (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 778 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 August (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is February (6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Cherbourg averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Cherbourg has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.0 °C (on 19 July 2016) and the coldest -6.4 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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
CherbourgNormandy
- coords
- 49.64°, -1.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
778mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
30.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
46.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °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
27.0 °C
19 July 2016
Coldest day
-6.4 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
47 mm
8 October 1997
Windiest day
91.2 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
146.2 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
30.0 °C
1 August 2013
Coldest feels-like
-15.4 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 146 mm | +63 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 29 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 59 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 64 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 88 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 112 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 91 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 10.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 103 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cherbourg?
Cherbourg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 778 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cherbourg?
The hottest day measured in Cherbourg between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2016, reaching 27.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cherbourg?
The coldest day measured in Cherbourg between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -6.4 °C.
Does it snow in Cherbourg?
Yes. Cherbourg gets on average 7.4 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Cherbourg warmed?
Yes: Cherbourg warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cherbourg?
The wettest day measured in Cherbourg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 1997, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cherbourg?
The windiest day measured in Cherbourg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 91.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cherbourg?
The warmest month in Cherbourg is August (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is February (6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cherbourg?
Cherbourg receives on average 778 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cherbourg?
Cherbourg gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cherbourg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cherbourg between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cherbourg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cherbourg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cherbourg?
In Cherbourg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.0 °C on 1 August 2013, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 12 January 1987.
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