Paimpol climate — normals and trends
Paimpol (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 753 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Paimpol averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Paimpol has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °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 29.4 °C (on 19 July 2016) and the coldest -6.7 °C (on 20 January 1963).
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
PaimpolBrittany Region
- coords
- 48.78°, -3.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
753mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
26.6km/h
Seasonal range
9.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
29.4 °C
19 July 2016
Coldest day
-6.7 °C
20 January 1963
Wettest day
57 mm
24 August 2023
Windiest day
83.0 km/h
2 November 2023
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
5 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
13 January 1987
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
4 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.7 h
18 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 158 mm | +79 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 61 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 40 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 58 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 20.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 46 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 81 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 79 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 10.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 81 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paimpol?
Paimpol has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 753 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paimpol?
The hottest day measured in Paimpol between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2016, reaching 29.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paimpol?
The coldest day measured in Paimpol between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1963, at -6.7 °C.
Does it snow in Paimpol?
Yes. Paimpol gets on average 5.1 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Paimpol warmed?
Yes: Paimpol warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Paimpol?
The wettest day measured in Paimpol between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2023, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paimpol?
The windiest day measured in Paimpol between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2023, with winds reaching 83.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paimpol?
The warmest month in Paimpol is August (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Paimpol?
Paimpol receives on average 753 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paimpol?
Paimpol gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Paimpol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paimpol between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paimpol?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Paimpol.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paimpol?
In Paimpol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 5 August 2003, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 13 January 1987.
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