Sarlat-la-Canéda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The hottest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 40.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The coldest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -20.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Yes. Sarlat-la-Canéda gets on average 7.7 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Sarlat-la-Canéda warmed?

Yes: Sarlat-la-Canéda warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The wettest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2010, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The windiest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The warmest month in Sarlat-la-Canéda is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sarlat-la-Canéda (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 927 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Sarlat-la-Canéda averages 34 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

Sarlat-la-Canéda 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 40 to 28 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 17 January 1987).

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

Sarlat-la-CanédaNew Aquitaine

coords: 44.89°, 1.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

12.5°C

Average daily high

17.0°C

Average daily low

8.4°C

Annual rainfall

927mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

16.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

34 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

16 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

7.7 cm

Average feels-like high

15.6 °C

Average feels-like low

6.4 °C

Average peak gust

31.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.9 °C

11 August 2025

Coldest day

-20.1 °C

17 January 1987

Wettest day

90 mm

9 June 2010

Windiest day

53.8 km/h

27 December 1999

Strongest gust

128.5 km/h

27 December 1999

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

23 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-24.7 °C

17 January 1987

Snowiest day

15.1 cm

9 April 1986

Sunniest day

15.1 h

24 June 2015

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.9 °C11 August 2025	-7.1 °C14 January 2025	13.8 °C	963 mm	44	27
2024	37.9 °C11 August 2024	-5.9 °C20 January 2024	13.3 °C	1,189 mm	26	19
2023	38.7 °C24 August 2023	-5.2 °C10 February 2023	14.2 °C	1,078 mm	34	41
2022	39.2 °C18 July 2022	-6.8 °C11 December 2022	14.6 °C	822 mm	47	36
2021	33.6 °C14 August 2021	-5.4 °C21 December 2021	12.7 °C	1,003 mm	14	35
2020	39.1 °C7 August 2020	-2.8 °C12 January 2020	14.2 °C	879 mm	30	12
2019	40.0 °C23 July 2019	-3.0 °C4 February 2019	13.8 °C	864 mm	43	18
2018	36.8 °C3 August 2018	-6.9 °C27 February 2018	14.0 °C	1,005 mm	39	30
2017	35.7 °C22 June 2017	-7.5 °C19 January 2017	13.2 °C	792 mm	28	34
2016	37.4 °C19 July 2016	-3.1 °C29 December 2016	13.1 °C	899 mm	27	18
2015	37.9 °C16 July 2015	-5.2 °C1 January 2015	13.6 °C	689 mm	34	29
2014	35.6 °C17 July 2014	-3.5 °C29 December 2014	13.7 °C	835 mm	13	11
2013	34.7 °C25 July 2013	-5.3 °C18 January 2013	12.4 °C	938 mm	31	41
2012	36.8 °C18 August 2012	-11.4 °C9 February 2012	12.8 °C	836 mm	23	43
2011	36.6 °C20 August 2011	-4.5 °C23 January 2011	13.9 °C	682 mm	12	28
2010	37.5 °C26 August 2010	-6.4 °C31 January 2010	12.0 °C	993 mm	16	58
2009	36.4 °C19 August 2009	-6.3 °C9 January 2009	13.1 °C	874 mm	24	38
2008	34.1 °C30 August 2008	-4.0 °C28 November 2008	12.5 °C	991 mm	13	19
2007	34.0 °C5 August 2007	-6.3 °C18 November 2007	12.7 °C	874 mm	9	35
2006	36.3 °C21 July 2006	-7.4 °C26 December 2006	13.3 °C	984 mm	29	44
2005	35.8 °C27 July 2005	-9.9 °C1 March 2005	12.5 °C	634 mm	28	62
2004	34.7 °C1 August 2004	-5.0 °C4 January 2004	12.5 °C	867 mm	16	36
2003	39.0 °C4 August 2003	-8.9 °C13 January 2003	13.7 °C	878 mm	42	39
2002	33.8 °C14 June 2002	-3.5 °C7 January 2002	13.1 °C	905 mm	11	13
2001	36.1 °C25 June 2001	-9.8 °C15 December 2001	12.7 °C	944 mm	24	28
2000	33.7 °C25 August 2000	-5.1 °C25 January 2000	13.1 °C	1,042 mm	21	23
1999	34.8 °C2 July 1999	-6.8 °C12 January 1999	12.9 °C	1,004 mm	8	26
1998	36.5 °C10 August 1998	-6.8 °C22 November 1998	12.5 °C	787 mm	15	30
1997	34.0 °C10 August 1997	-4.9 °C1 January 1997	13.6 °C	821 mm	13	28
1996	32.6 °C22 July 1996	-8.3 °C31 December 1996	12.4 °C	1,082 mm	16	27
1995	35.7 °C20 July 1995	-6.0 °C5 January 1995	13.1 °C	878 mm	22	28
1994	34.8 °C3 August 1994	-5.6 °C19 January 1994	13.3 °C	1,051 mm	22	15
1993	32.8 °C17 August 1993	-9.1 °C4 January 1993	12.1 °C	995 mm	8	37
1992	33.8 °C7 August 1992	-4.5 °C20 February 1992	12.2 °C	1,031 mm	16	38
1991	35.7 °C26 August 1991	-7.6 °C8 February 1991	12.1 °C	725 mm	18	43
1990	36.5 °C4 August 1990	-4.7 °C7 December 1990	13.2 °C	847 mm	26	34
1989	36.4 °C20 July 1989	-4.2 °C2 January 1989	13.4 °C	702 mm	13	30
1988	32.6 °C23 July 1988	-4.9 °C22 November 1988	12.6 °C	933 mm	10	25
1987	36.4 °C16 August 1987	-20.1 °C17 January 1987	12.0 °C	919 mm	20	39
1986	34.4 °C30 July 1986	-10.7 °C10 February 1986	12.0 °C	960 mm	13	41
1985	36.6 °C25 July 1985	-19.5 °C16 January 1985	11.6 °C	769 mm	10	60
1984	35.0 °C23 July 1984	-4.6 °C18 February 1984	11.7 °C	1,054 mm	12	36
1983	37.4 °C30 July 1983	-5.2 °C4 December 1983	12.5 °C	1,037 mm	21	44
1982	38.2 °C8 July 1982	-2.1 °C24 February 1982	12.9 °C	950 mm	14	13
1981	33.7 °C30 July 1981	-3.9 °C15 February 1981	12.1 °C	1,154 mm	9	43
1980	32.5 °C14 August 1980	-5.6 °C9 December 1980	11.3 °C	1,027 mm	5	44
1979	32.3 °C26 July 1979	-6.1 °C2 January 1979	11.7 °C	1,159 mm	3	38
1978	32.8 °C16 July 1978	-5.4 °C1 December 1978	11.9 °C	933 mm	6	29
1977	28.4 °C11 July 1977	-3.4 °C28 November 1977	12.1 °C	1,176 mm	0	25
1976	34.9 °C28 June 1976	-4.1 °C28 December 1976	12.4 °C	906 mm	23	39
1975	35.5 °C4 August 1975	-4.5 °C21 December 1975	12.0 °C	880 mm	15	37
1974	35.6 °C16 August 1974	-2.1 °C27 February 1974	12.1 °C	1,012 mm	11	16
1973	34.1 °C10 August 1973	-7.9 °C3 December 1973	11.7 °C	1,001 mm	15	46
1972	32.2 °C6 August 1972	-4.3 °C24 December 1972	11.8 °C	991 mm	2	14
1971	33.8 °C11 July 1971	-13.4 °C5 January 1971	11.9 °C	1,178 mm	11	39
1970	32.5 °C28 July 1970	-7.2 °C31 December 1970	12.0 °C	1,011 mm	9	40
1969	32.9 °C23 July 1969	-8.8 °C17 February 1969	11.9 °C	1,226 mm	9	39
1968	35.4 °C30 June 1968	-5.3 °C13 December 1968	12.1 °C	1,052 mm	7	37
1967	34.6 °C19 July 1967	-12.3 °C10 January 1967	12.1 °C	870 mm	13	37
1966	32.0 °C12 August 1966	-7.2 °C17 January 1966	12.4 °C	1,245 mm	6	18
1965	32.1 °C25 June 1965	-2.6 °C18 February 1965	11.7 °C	1,297 mm	4	34
1964	34.4 °C16 July 1964	-9.7 °C30 December 1964	12.0 °C	966 mm	11	47
1963	31.7 °C22 July 1963	-8.6 °C5 February 1963	11.3 °C	1,043 mm	7	53
1962	33.6 °C14 August 1962	-6.9 °C28 December 1962	11.8 °C	902 mm	16	35
1961	33.1 °C29 August 1961	-3.7 °C21 December 1961	13.3 °C	924 mm	13	15
1960	31.2 °C19 June 1960	-12.8 °C15 January 1960	12.2 °C	1,193 mm	6	27
1959	31.8 °C8 July 1959	-3.5 °C11 January 1959	13.2 °C	1,011 mm	6	13
1958	30.1 °C9 August 1958	-5.0 °C12 March 1958	12.4 °C	1,077 mm	1	18
1957	32.9 °C6 July 1957	-3.6 °C17 January 1957	12.2 °C	754 mm	11	21
1956	32.4 °C9 August 1956	-11.5 °C10 February 1956	11.1 °C	825 mm	1	48
1955	33.5 °C17 July 1955	-2.8 °C9 March 1955	12.9 °C	843 mm	8	24
1954	30.0 °C3 August 1954	-9.6 °C2 February 1954	11.4 °C	920 mm	1	30
1953	32.3 °C12 August 1953	-6.7 °C16 January 1953	12.1 °C	489 mm	7	52
1952	34.7 °C30 June 1952	-5.4 °C28 January 1952	12.2 °C	1,064 mm	12	42
1951	31.8 °C29 July 1951	-2.5 °C3 January 1951	11.8 °C	924 mm	3	28
1950	33.8 °C29 June 1950	-4.7 °C22 January 1950	12.3 °C	839 mm	14	38
1949	36.5 °C12 July 1949	-5.0 °C11 January 1949	12.8 °C	679 mm	22	51
1948	31.9 °C27 July 1948	-6.2 °C21 February 1948	12.3 °C	776 mm	3	18
1947	37.3 °C26 June 1947	-9.0 °C28 January 1947	13.2 °C	775 mm	30	35
1946	33.8 °C3 July 1946	-10.8 °C22 December 1946	11.8 °C	701 mm	12	45
1945	35.3 °C18 July 1945	-15.3 °C12 January 1945	12.7 °C	635 mm	19	49
1944	34.1 °C15 August 1944	-5.7 °C20 February 1944	11.6 °C	949 mm	10	58
1943	33.7 °C31 July 1943	-2.4 °C5 February 1943	12.8 °C	721 mm	13	31
1942	33.1 °C18 August 1942	-16.1 °C22 January 1942	11.9 °C	715 mm	22	68
1941	36.6 °C25 July 1941	-9.4 °C10 January 1941	11.2 °C	891 mm	14	50
1940	30.0 °C5 August 1940	-16.2 °C20 January 1940	11.3 °C	941 mm	1	58

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.3 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

27 d/yr

-7

Annual rainfall

963 mm

+36 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.9 °C	+1.9 °C	122 mm	+45 mm
Feb	13.2 °C	+3.3 °C	58 mm	-11 mm
Mar	14.7 °C	+1.3 °C	58 mm	-16 mm
Apr	19.0 °C	+2.8 °C	128 mm	+45 mm
May	22.1 °C	+2.4 °C	59 mm	-32 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+5.4 °C	40 mm	-32 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.7 °C	33 mm	-25 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+4.8 °C	71 mm	-3 mm
Sep	21.8 °C	-0.8 °C	97 mm	+18 mm
Oct	19.3 °C	+1.3 °C	118 mm	+35 mm
Nov	13.0 °C	+1.0 °C	116 mm	+33 mm
Dec	11.4 °C	+2.7 °C	64 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.9 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-7.1 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

30.9 mm

6 Nov 2025

Windiest day

35.5 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.7 °C

14 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

0.9 cm

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

15.1 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The hottest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 40.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The coldest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -20.1 °C.

Does it snow in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Yes. Sarlat-la-Canéda gets on average 7.7 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Has the climate of Sarlat-la-Canéda warmed?

Yes: Sarlat-la-Canéda warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The wettest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2010, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The windiest day measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The warmest month in Sarlat-la-Canéda is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Sarlat-la-Canéda gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sarlat-la-Canéda between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1986, with 15.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

Yes: Sarlat-la-Canéda has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sarlat-la-Canéda?

In Sarlat-la-Canéda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -24.7 °C on 17 January 1987.

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