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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Béthune
Béthune climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation793 mm153 wet days a year
50.53° N, 2.64° EElevation 37 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goBéthune · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low16° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Béthune has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 24° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 7° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 793 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (78 mm, 15 wet days) and April the driest (50 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in August to 53% in December.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Béthune is 2.3° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · August
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 7° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 7° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 69 mm | 53 mm | 61 mm | 50 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm | 67 mm | 64 mm | 65 mm | 78 mm | 78 mm | 80 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 49% | 46% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 36% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 50% | 53% |
| Daylight | 8h 28 | 10h 04 | 11h 49 | 13h 47 | 15h 28 | 16h 26 | 16h 02 | 14h 34 | 12h 41 | 10h 48 | 9h 01 | 8h 02 |
| Month score | 17 | 21 | 32 | 56 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 49 | 19 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Béthune in every month
January17
7° / 2°
69 mm · 13.8 wet days
February21
8° / 2°
53 mm · 12.4 wet days
March32
11° / 4°
61 mm · 11.2 wet days
April56
15° / 5°
50 mm · 10.2 wet days
May67
18° / 9°
64 mm · 11.7 wet days
June69
21° / 11°
64 mm · 11.4 wet days
July65
24° / 13°
67 mm · 13.8 wet days
August65
24° / 13°
64 mm · 13.8 wet days
September70
20° / 11°
65 mm · 10.8 wet days
October49
16° / 8°
78 mm · 13.5 wet days
November19
11° / 5°
78 mm · 15.1 wet days
December15
7° / 2°
80 mm · 15.1 wet days