Climate - Limoges (France)

The climate of Limoges is temperate and influenced by the Atlantic Ocean: it is quite cold but not freezing in winter and pleasantly warm in summer. However, it has some continental characteristics too, so it can sometimes be very cold in winter and hot in summer.
The city is located in central-western France, at an altitude varying between 250 and 300 meters (800 and 1,000 feet) above sea level (although the airport from which the data are taken is at 400 meters or 1,300 feet). Since 2015, it belongs to the New Aquitaine region, while it was previously the capital of Limousin.
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 4.3 °C (40 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 19.3 °C (67 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 1,020 millimeters (40.2 inches) per year: so, it is at an intermediate level. It ranges from 65 mm (2.6 in) in the driest month (July) to 100 mm (4 in) in the wettest (November). Here is the average precipitation.

The winter is cold and gray. There may be relatively mild periods, when Atlantic currents prevail, and other colder periods, when the temperature drops below freezing.
Sometimes, there can be cold spells, in which temperatures can drop as low as -10 °C (14 °F) or even below. The temperature dropped to -21.7 °C in February 1956, to -18 °C (-0.5 °F) in January 1960, to -17 °C (1.5 °F) in February 1963, to -18.7 °C in January 1985, to -14.5 °C (6 °F) in February 1986, to -15 °C (5 °F) in January 1987, to -12.5 °C (9.5 °F) in February 1991, to -10.5 °C (13 °F) in February 1996, and to -12.5 °C (9.5 °F) in February 2012.
In summer, the temperatures are generally pleasant and lend themselves to outdoor activities, although sometimes there can be rains and thunderstorms.
At times, hot periods can occur, generally of short duration, which in recent years are becoming more frequent due to global warming, and in which the temperature can exceed 32 °C (90 °F). However, in Limoges, the altitude slightly above sea level makes the heat waves a little less intense than in the inland plains of France (for example, the temperature has never exceeded 38 °C or 100.5 °F, while in other areas, it reached or exceeded 40 °C or 104 °F in 2003 and 2019). The temperature reached 37 °C (98.5 °F) in August 2003, 36 °C (97 °F) in August 2012, 37 °C (98.5 °F) in July 2015, 36 °C (97 °F) in late June 2019, 38 °C (100.5 °F) in July 2019, and 37 °C (98.5 °F) in August 2020.



On average, there are around 1,900 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.

Best Time

The best time to visit Limoges runs from mid-May to mid-September, since it is the warmest and sunniest period of the year. Sometimes, it can be hot in July and August, while in other circumstances, nights can be cool or even a little cold even in these months, so it can be useful to bring a sweatshirt or sweater and a light jacket for the evening.