Photo: Alexandre Dulaunoy from Les Bulles, Chiny, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0Le Conquet has some of the coolest summers among mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 6.8°C. Of the 91 towns of 2,500+ in Finistère, it has the mildest January nights. The year changes little: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are only 13°C apart. Waterproofs come out on about 138 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ouessant-Stiff station, 25 km north-west.
A year in Le Conquet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ouessant-Stiff station.
What a year in Le Conquet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ouessant-Stiff.
About 813 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 90th wettest of 91 towns of 2,500+ in Finistère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lanvéoc
under 1 frosts and under 1 days of 25°C a year
On about under 1 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About under 1 days a year reach 25°C, and 0 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ouessant-Stiff: 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 Ouessant-Stiff
Ouessant-Stiff is 25 km north-west of Le Conquet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Le Conquet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ouessant-Stiff (29155005) |
| Distance from the town | 25 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 64 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 32 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 23 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lanvéoc, 26 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 Le Conquet 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 Finistère.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Conquet | Ouessant-Stiff | 19.3°C | 6.8°C | 813 mm |
| Plougonvelin 4.1 km | Lanvéoc | 20.9°C 1.6°C warmer | 5.2°C 1.6°C colder | 1,030 mm |
| Locmaria-Plouzané 8.4 km | Lanvéoc | 20.9°C 1.6°C warmer | 5.2°C 1.6°C colder | 1,030 mm |
| Plouarzel 9.1 km | same station | 19.3°C about the same | 6.8°C about the same | 813 mm |
| Plouzané 13 km | Lanvéoc | 20.9°C 1.6°C warmer | 5.2°C 1.6°C colder | 1,030 mm |
| Saint-Renan 13 km | Brest-Guipavas | 20.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 4.6°C 2.2°C colder | 1,230 mm |
| Guilers 17 km | Brest-Guipavas | 20.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 4.6°C 2.2°C colder | 1,230 mm |
Le Conquet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ouessant-Stiff station; sunshine at Lanvéoc.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C | 6.8°C | 8.6°C | 93 mm | 61 |
| February | 10.4°C | 6.4°C | 8.4°C | 75 mm | 81 |
| March | 11.5°C | 7.2°C | 9.3°C | 56 mm | 124 |
| April | 13.2°C | 8.2°C | 10.7°C | 58 mm | 164 |
| May | 15.2°C | 10.2°C | 12.7°C | 50 mm | 192 |
| June | 17.5°C | 12.3°C | 14.9°C | 49 mm | 208 |
| July | 19.3°C | 13.8°C | 16.5°C | 47 mm | 194 |
| August | 19.6°C | 14.1°C | 16.8°C | 61 mm | 190 |
| September | 18.2°C | 13.2°C | 15.7°C | 52 mm | 175 |
| October | 15.9°C | 11.7°C | 13.8°C | 81 mm | 112 |
| November | 13.0°C | 9.4°C | 11.2°C | 95 mm | 71 |
| December | 11.1°C | 7.5°C | 9.3°C | 96 mm | 65 |
| Year | 14.6°C | 10.1°C | 12.3°C | 813 mm | 1,636 |
Where Le Conquet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ouessant-Stiff, 25 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, Lanvéoc, 26 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 Finistère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Le Conquet’s climate
How warm does Le Conquet get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.6°C. About under 1 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about 0 reach 30°C.
How cold does Le Conquet get in winter?
February nights average 6.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about under 1 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Le Conquet get?
About 813 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (96 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lanvéoc (26 km away), averages 1,636 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Le Conquet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Le Conquet, Ouessant-Stiff, 25 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 OUESSANT-STIFF, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Le Conquet →
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