For weather, Bourg-Achard is about as ordinary as mainland French towns get
January nights average 2.7°C, July afternoons 25.2°C, and a year brings 844 mm of rain. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 69% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 23°C apart. From May to October, highs of 17–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Jumièges station, 9.3 km north.
A year in Bourg-Achard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Jumièges station.
What a year in Bourg-Achard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jumièges.
About 844 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 39 towns of 2,500+ in Eure.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Rouen-Boos
37 frosts and 52 days of 25°C a year
On about 37 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jumièges: 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 Jumièges
Jumièges is 9.3 km north of Bourg-Achard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bourg-Achard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Jumièges (76378001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 30 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 134 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Rouen-Boos, 27 km away |
Bourg-Achard sits 104 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Bourg-Achard to run about 0.7°C cooler than these figures.
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 Bourg-Achard 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 Eure.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Achard | Jumièges | 25.2°C | 2.7°C | 844 mm |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 6.6 km | Brionne | 25.0°C about the same | 1.7°C 1°C colder | 792 mm |
| Bosroumois 10 km | Rouen-Boos | 23.4°C 1.8°C cooler | 1.6°C 1.1°C colder | 848 mm |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 13 km | Rouen-Boos | 23.4°C 1.8°C cooler | 1.6°C 1.1°C colder | 848 mm |
| Grand-Couronne 14 km | Rouen - Jardin | 25.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Le Trait 15 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 844 mm |
| Arelaune-en-Seine 15 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 844 mm |
Bourg-Achard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Jumièges station; sunshine at Rouen-Boos.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 77 mm | 52 |
| February | 9.6°C | 2.5°C | 6.1°C | 65 mm | 77 |
| March | 13.0°C | 4.1°C | 8.6°C | 61 mm | 119 |
| April | 16.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.1°C | 56 mm | 165 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.8°C | 14.3°C | 63 mm | 182 |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.8°C | 17.4°C | 57 mm | 197 |
| July | 25.2°C | 13.8°C | 19.5°C | 66 mm | 200 |
| August | 25.3°C | 13.7°C | 19.5°C | 68 mm | 190 |
| September | 21.9°C | 11.2°C | 16.6°C | 63 mm | 159 |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.9°C | 13.0°C | 81 mm | 108 |
| November | 12.1°C | 5.6°C | 8.8°C | 82 mm | 58 |
| December | 8.8°C | 3.2°C | 6.0°C | 105 mm | 49 |
| Year | 16.8°C | 7.7°C | 12.2°C | 844 mm | 1,554 |
Where Bourg-Achard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Jumièges, 9.3 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- 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, Rouen-Boos, 27 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 Eure.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bourg-Achard’s climate
How warm does Bourg-Achard get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.3°C. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bourg-Achard get in winter?
February nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 37 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bourg-Achard get?
About 844 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (105 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Rouen-Boos (27 km away), averages 1,554 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bourg-Achard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bourg-Achard, Jumièges, 9.3 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 JUMIEGES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bourg-Achard →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.