Bordeaux vs Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein): which is sunnier?
🇫🇷 France vs 🇫🇷 France · 163 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Bordeaux is the sunnier overall: about 2,183 hours of sunshine a year to Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein)'s 2,105. Bordeaux has the higher Sunshine Score in 7 of 12 months, Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) in 1 (4 within 2 points).
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Bordeaux | Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 2,183 | 2,105 |
| Sunniest month | July (84/100) | July (81/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 18/100 | 18/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 83/100 | 80/100 |
| Rain / year | 749 mm | 963 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 7 (high) | 7 (high) |
Bordeaux vs Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux | Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | Bordeaux | Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | Bordeaux | Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | |
| January | 6 | 12 | 9° | 10° | 82 | 102 |
| February | 13 | 13 | 10° | 10° | 58 | 77 |
| March | 40 | 38 | 14° | 14° | 63 | 80 |
| April | 61 | 56 | 17° | 17° | 58 | 87 |
| May | 79 | 74 | 21° | 20° | 66 | 92 |
| June | 81 | 78 | 25° | 25° | 56 | 72 |
| July | 84 | 81 | 27° | 28° | 41 | 53 |
| August | 83 | 81 | 27° | 28° | 46 | 53 |
| September | 83 | 80 | 25° | 25° | 46 | 59 |
| October | 79 | 76 | 20° | 21° | 68 | 82 |
| November | 38 | 35 | 14° | 14° | 85 | 115 |
| December | 13 | 12 | 10° | 10° | 80 | 91 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) · Feb even · Mar even · Apr Bordeaux · May Bordeaux · Jun Bordeaux · Jul Bordeaux · Aug even · Sep Bordeaux · Oct Bordeaux · Nov Bordeaux · Dec even.
When to pick which
- November–February: too close to call — Bordeaux averages 18/100, Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) 18/100. Daytime highs are similar (11°C vs 11°C). See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Bordeaux (average score 60/100 vs 56). Daytime highs are similar (17°C vs 17°C).
- June–August: Bordeaux (average score 83/100 vs 80). Daytime highs are similar (26°C vs 27°C).
- September–October: Bordeaux (average score 81/100 vs 78). Daytime highs are similar (23°C vs 23°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Bordeaux weather by month · Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) weather by month · Best time to visit France.
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