Climate guideThirty-year normals for Caen
Caen climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun–Jul · Sep
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation781 mm155 wet days a year
49.19° N, 0.36° WElevation 21 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goCaen · weather score
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
October: high / low17° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Caen 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 9° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 781 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (77 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (53 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in July to 51% in January.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Caen is 2.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · August
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 14 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 | 9° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 9° |
| Average low | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 70 mm | 55 mm | 61 mm | 53 mm | 68 mm | 60 mm | 58 mm | 51 mm | 63 mm | 84 mm | 77 mm | 81 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.8 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 12 | 10.2 | 16 | 16.2 | 15.7 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 48% | 46% | 42% | 42% | 38% | 36% | 36% | 39% | 45% | 48% | 51% |
| Daylight | 8h 39 | 10h 10 | 11h 50 | 13h 42 | 15h 18 | 16h 12 | 15h 50 | 14h 26 | 12h 39 | 10h 51 | 9h 10 | 8h 14 |
| Month score | 16 | 19 | 35 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 54 | 29 | 16 |
ivMonth by month
Caen in every month
January16
9° / 3°
70 mm · 15.8 wet days
February19
10° / 3°
55 mm · 13.3 wet days
March35
12° / 4°
61 mm · 12.2 wet days
April57
15° / 6°
53 mm · 10.2 wet days
May67
19° / 9°
68 mm · 11.7 wet days
June71
22° / 11°
60 mm · 11.1 wet days
July72
24° / 13°
58 mm · 10.9 wet days
August69
24° / 13°
51 mm · 12 wet days
September72
21° / 11°
63 mm · 10.2 wet days
October54
17° / 9°
84 mm · 16 wet days
November29
12° / 6°
77 mm · 16.2 wet days
December16
9° / 3°
81 mm · 15.7 wet days