Douai climate — normals and trends
Douai (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 684 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Douai averages 45 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Douai has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -21.8 °C (on 8 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
DouaiHauts-de-France
- coords
- 50.37°, 3.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
684mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °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
41.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-21.8 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
45 mm
4 July 1975
Windiest day
58.8 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-26.6 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
12 March 2013
Sunniest day
15.9 h
4 July 2025
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 | 5.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 144 mm | +89 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 17 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 22 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 62 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 24 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Douai?
Douai has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Douai?
The hottest day measured in Douai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Douai?
The coldest day measured in Douai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -21.8 °C.
Does it snow in Douai?
Yes. Douai gets on average 14.8 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Douai warmed?
Yes: Douai warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Douai?
The wettest day measured in Douai between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1975, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Douai?
The windiest day measured in Douai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 58.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Douai?
The warmest month in Douai is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Douai?
Douai receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Douai?
Douai gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Douai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Douai between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2013, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Douai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Douai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Douai?
In Douai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -26.6 °C on 8 January 1985.
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