Sète climate — normals and trends
Sète (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 852 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Sète averages 3 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Sète 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 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 16 August 2025) and the coldest -8.9 °C (on 25 December 1940).
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
SèteOccitanie
- coords
- 43.40°, 3.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
852mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
22.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.3 °C
16 August 2025
Coldest day
-8.9 °C
25 December 1940
Wettest day
124 mm
6 September 2005
Windiest day
64.7 km/h
17 December 1997
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
7 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-15.7 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.3 cm
14 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.8 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 116 mm | +53 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 90 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 54 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 79 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 41 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 39 mm | -50 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 23 mm | -114 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 101 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 12.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 291 mm | +197 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sète?
Sète has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 852 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sète?
The hottest day measured in Sète between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2025, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sète?
The coldest day measured in Sète between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1940, at -8.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sète?
Yes. Sète gets on average 4.1 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Sète warmed?
Yes: Sète warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sète?
The wettest day measured in Sète between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2005, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sète?
The windiest day measured in Sète between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1997, with winds reaching 64.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sète?
The warmest month in Sète is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sète?
Sète receives on average 852 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sète?
Sète gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sète?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sète between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, with 21.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sète?
Yes: Sète has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sète?
In Sète, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -15.7 °C on 18 January 1940.
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