Fécamp climate by month
What the weather is like
Fécamp has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 21° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 864 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (95 mm, 18 wet days) and April the driest (58 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in July to 51% in December.
The sea reaches about 18° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Fécamp is 4.8° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 21° · August
- Coldest nights
- 4° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 33% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 16 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 09 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 8° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Average low | 4° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 76 mm | 57 mm | 63 mm | 58 mm | 65 mm | 62 mm | 55 mm | 56 mm | 75 mm | 104 mm | 95 mm | 98 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.9 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 16.4 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 47% | 44% | 39% | 39% | 36% | 33% | 33% | 37% | 44% | 47% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 9° | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 11° |
| Daylight | 8h 35 | 10h 07 | 11h 50 | 13h 44 | 15h 22 | 16h 18 | 15h 55 | 14h 29 | 12h 40 | 10h 50 | 9h 06 | 8h 09 |
| Month score | 17 | 18 | 27 | 48 | 59 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 50 | 27 | 16 |