Gap climate — normals and trends
Gap (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 928 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Gap averages 131 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Gap has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 158 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 15 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
GapProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- coords
- 44.56°, 6.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
928mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
34.7 °C
12 August 2025
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
15 February 1956
Wettest day
79 mm
16 September 1960
Windiest day
27.6 km/h
3 April 1973
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
4 November 2014
Hottest feels-like
35.1 °C
22 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
15 February 1956
Snowiest day
30.1 cm
21 March 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 148 mm | +71 mm |
| Feb | 9.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 35 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 110 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 167 mm | +79 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 112 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +6.4 °C | 50 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 23 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 56 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 74 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 135 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 99 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 44 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gap?
Gap has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 928 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gap?
The hottest day measured in Gap between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gap?
The coldest day measured in Gap between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1956, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Gap?
Yes. Gap gets on average 117.5 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Gap warmed?
Yes: Gap warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gap?
The wettest day measured in Gap between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1960, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gap?
The windiest day measured in Gap between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1973, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gap?
The warmest month in Gap is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Gap?
Gap receives on average 928 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gap?
Gap gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gap?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gap between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1971, with 30.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gap?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gap.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gap?
In Gap, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 22 August 2023, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 15 February 1956.
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