Porto-Vecchio climate — normals and trends
Porto-Vecchio (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 561 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Porto-Vecchio averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Porto-Vecchio has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 24 July 2023) and the coldest -0.4 °C (on 22 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
Porto-VecchioCorsica
- coords
- 41.59°, 9.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.4°C
Average daily high
17.6°C
Average daily low
15.1°C
Annual rainfall
561mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
26.3km/h
Seasonal range
13.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
12.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
84 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
31.9 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest day
-0.4 °C
22 January 1963
Wettest day
102 mm
17 December 1946
Windiest day
71.3 km/h
13 February 1962
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
16 December 1962
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
12 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-10.1 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
5.2 cm
10 March 1973
Sunniest day
14.9 h
5 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 | 13.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 87 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 41 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 97 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 65 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 63 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 14.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 140 mm | +55 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Porto-Vecchio?
Porto-Vecchio has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Porto-Vecchio?
The hottest day measured in Porto-Vecchio between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 31.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Porto-Vecchio?
The coldest day measured in Porto-Vecchio between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1963, at -0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Porto-Vecchio?
Almost never: Porto-Vecchio sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Porto-Vecchio warmed?
Yes: Porto-Vecchio warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Porto-Vecchio?
The wettest day measured in Porto-Vecchio between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1946, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Porto-Vecchio?
The windiest day measured in Porto-Vecchio between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1962, with winds reaching 71.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Porto-Vecchio?
The warmest month in Porto-Vecchio is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Porto-Vecchio?
Porto-Vecchio receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Porto-Vecchio?
Porto-Vecchio gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Porto-Vecchio?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Porto-Vecchio between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1973, with 5.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Porto-Vecchio?
Yes: Porto-Vecchio has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Porto-Vecchio?
In Porto-Vecchio, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 12 August 2024, and the lowest was -10.1 °C on 23 January 1963.
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