Honfleur climate — normals and trends
Honfleur (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 892 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Honfleur averages 19 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.
Honfleur 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 29 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 10 August 2003) and the coldest -14.0 °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
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- coords
- 49.42°, 0.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
892mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
156 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 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
34.8 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest day
-14.0 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
51 mm
20 July 1980
Windiest day
66.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
28 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-19.8 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 180 mm | +97 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 54 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 24 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 20.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 63 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +40 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 38 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 74 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 123 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 119 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 59 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Honfleur?
Honfleur has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 892 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Honfleur?
The hottest day measured in Honfleur between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2003, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Honfleur?
The coldest day measured in Honfleur between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -14.0 °C.
Does it snow in Honfleur?
Yes. Honfleur gets on average 10.5 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Honfleur warmed?
Yes: Honfleur warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Honfleur?
The wettest day measured in Honfleur between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1980, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Honfleur?
The windiest day measured in Honfleur between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 66.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Honfleur?
The warmest month in Honfleur is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Honfleur?
Honfleur receives on average 892 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Honfleur?
Honfleur gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Honfleur?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Honfleur between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Honfleur?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Honfleur.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Honfleur?
In Honfleur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 28 July 1947, and the lowest was -19.8 °C on 17 January 1985.
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