Digne-les-Bains climate — normals and trends
Digne-les-Bains (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 832 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Digne-les-Bains averages 111 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Digne-les-Bains has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 10 August 2025) and the coldest -23.9 °C (on 10 January 1945).
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
Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- coords
- 44.09°, 6.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
832mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
35.8 °C
10 August 2025
Coldest day
-23.9 °C
10 January 1945
Wettest day
72 mm
18 September 1973
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
7 November 1952
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
17 January 2018
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
10 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-28.9 °C
10 January 1945
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
10 December 2008
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 107 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 24 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 134 mm | +63 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 145 mm | +54 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 111 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +7.2 °C | 25 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 55 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 90 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 65 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 83 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Digne-les-Bains?
Digne-les-Bains has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 832 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Digne-les-Bains?
The hottest day measured in Digne-les-Bains between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2025, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Digne-les-Bains?
The coldest day measured in Digne-les-Bains between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1945, at -23.9 °C.
Does it snow in Digne-les-Bains?
Yes. Digne-les-Bains gets on average 76.8 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Digne-les-Bains warmed?
Yes: Digne-les-Bains warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Digne-les-Bains?
The wettest day measured in Digne-les-Bains between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1973, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Digne-les-Bains?
The windiest day measured in Digne-les-Bains between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1952, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Digne-les-Bains?
The warmest month in Digne-les-Bains is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Digne-les-Bains?
Digne-les-Bains receives on average 832 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Digne-les-Bains?
Digne-les-Bains gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Digne-les-Bains?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Digne-les-Bains between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2008, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Digne-les-Bains?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Digne-les-Bains.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Digne-les-Bains?
In Digne-les-Bains, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 10 August 2025, and the lowest was -28.9 °C on 10 January 1945.
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