Hottot-les-Bagues is among the mainland French towns with the fewest days of 25 degrees or more
January nights here settle around 2.8°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 19°C. Only about 24 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 84% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 143 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Livry station, 10 km south-west.
A year in Hottot-les-Bagues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Livry station.
What a year in Hottot-les-Bagues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Livry.
About 914 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
24 frosts and 18 days of 25°C a year
On about 24 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, and 3 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Livry: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Livry
Livry is 10 km south-west of Hottot-les-Bagues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Hottot-les-Bagues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Livry (14372001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 194 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 120 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Caen-Carpiquet, 15 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Hottot-les-Bagues compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hottot-les-Bagues | Livry | 22.0°C | 2.8°C | 914 mm |
| Villers-Bocage 7.9 km | Saint-Georges D | 22.7°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.7°C about the same | 992 mm |
| Thue et Mue 11 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 14 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Verson 14 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Rots 14 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Bayeux 15 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
Hottot-les-Bagues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Livry station; sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 2.8°C | 5.1°C | 85 mm | 71 |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.0°C | 5.7°C | 74 mm | 90 |
| March | 10.8°C | 4.4°C | 7.6°C | 71 mm | 130 |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.2°C | 10.0°C | 62 mm | 179 |
| May | 16.9°C | 8.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 mm | 203 |
| June | 20.0°C | 11.7°C | 15.8°C | 68 mm | 213 |
| July | 22.0°C | 13.4°C | 17.7°C | 54 mm | 219 |
| August | 22.2°C | 13.8°C | 18.0°C | 68 mm | 205 |
| September | 19.5°C | 11.9°C | 15.7°C | 62 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.5°C | 9.5°C | 12.5°C | 93 mm | 117 |
| November | 11.0°C | 5.9°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.1°C | 3.5°C | 5.8°C | 111 mm | 67 |
| Year | 14.6°C | 7.9°C | 11.3°C | 914 mm | 1,746 |
Where Hottot-les-Bagues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Livry, 10 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, where its record is shorter).
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Caen-Carpiquet, 15 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Hottot-les-Bagues’s climate
How warm does Hottot-les-Bagues get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.2°C. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 96% of mainland French towns, and about 3 reach 30°C.
How cold does Hottot-les-Bagues get in winter?
January nights average 2.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 24 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Hottot-les-Bagues get?
About 914 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (111 mm) and July the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (15 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Hottot-les-Bagues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Hottot-les-Bagues, Livry, 10 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station LIVRY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Hottot-les-Bagues →
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