Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gap
Gap climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation871 mm145 wet days a year
44.56° N, 6.08° EElevation 741 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goGap · weather score
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low18° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gap has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 7° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 871 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (83 mm, 17 wet days) and February the driest (50 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in July to 32% in April.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Gap is 2.5° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -3° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 32 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 51 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° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Average low | -3° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation | 66 mm | 50 mm | 54 mm | 80 mm | 83 mm | 61 mm | 43 mm | 48 mm | 86 mm | 111 mm | 97 mm | 92 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.4 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 16.6 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 28% | 28% | 32% | 32% | 25% | 17% | 19% | 24% | 32% | 31% | 31% |
| Daylight | 9h 12 | 10h 27 | 11h 52 | 13h 27 | 14h 47 | 15h 32 | 15h 14 | 14h 05 | 12h 34 | 11h 02 | 9h 37 | 8h 51 |
| Month score | 31 | 35 | 49 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 59 | 74 | 72 | 38 | 29 |
ivMonth by month
Gap in every month
January31
7° / -3°
66 mm · 11.4 wet days
February35
9° / -3°
50 mm · 9.8 wet days
March49
14° / 0°
54 mm · 11.9 wet days
April64
17° / 3°
80 mm · 12.1 wet days
May66
21° / 7°
83 mm · 16.6 wet days
June66
25° / 11°
61 mm · 13.7 wet days
July59
28° / 13°
43 mm · 11.2 wet days
August59
28° / 12°
48 mm · 11.4 wet days
September74
23° / 9°
86 mm · 11.2 wet days
October72
18° / 6°
111 mm · 11.7 wet days
November38
12° / 1°
97 mm · 12.3 wet days
December29
8° / -2°
92 mm · 12.1 wet days