Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Léon: 1,182 mm a year
July afternoons average 26.5°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 23°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 92% of mainland French towns. Expect about 21 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Soorts-Hossegor station, 25 km south-west.
A year in Léon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Soorts-Hossegor station.
What a year in Léon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soorts-Hossegor.
About 1,182 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 35 towns of 2,500+ in Landes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Dax
21 frosts and 90 days of 25°C a year
On about 21 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soorts-Hossegor: 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 Soorts-Hossegor
Soorts-Hossegor is 25 km south-west of Léon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Léon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Soorts-Hossegor (40304001) |
| Distance from the town | 25 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 10 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 18 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Dax, 28 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 Léon 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 Landes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léon | Soorts-Hossegor | 26.5°C | 4.0°C | 1,182 mm |
| Magescq 13 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C 0.7°C colder | 1,155 mm |
| Castets 13 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C 0.7°C colder | 1,155 mm |
| Soustons 14 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 4.0°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Tosse 21 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 4.0°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Seignosse 21 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 4.0°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 22 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C 0.7°C colder | 1,155 mm |
Léon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Soorts-Hossegor station; sunshine at Dax.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C | 4.0°C | 8.2°C | 121 mm | 90 |
| February | 13.7°C | 3.9°C | 8.8°C | 91 mm | 112 |
| March | 16.6°C | 6.2°C | 11.4°C | 84 mm | 163 |
| April | 18.7°C | 8.5°C | 13.6°C | 95 mm | 173 |
| May | 21.9°C | 11.9°C | 16.9°C | 86 mm | 199 |
| June | 24.6°C | 15.0°C | 19.8°C | 76 mm | 208 |
| July | 26.5°C | 17.1°C | 21.8°C | 60 mm | 226 |
| August | 27.3°C | 17.0°C | 22.2°C | 65 mm | 222 |
| September | 25.2°C | 14.1°C | 19.6°C | 97 mm | 197 |
| October | 21.3°C | 11.2°C | 16.2°C | 115 mm | 145 |
| November | 15.8°C | 7.2°C | 11.5°C | 170 mm | 95 |
| December | 12.9°C | 4.8°C | 8.9°C | 123 mm | 84 |
| Year | 19.7°C | 10.1°C | 14.9°C | 1,182 mm | 1,914 |
Where Léon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Soorts-Hossegor, 25 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, Dax, 28 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 Landes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Léon’s climate
How warm does Léon get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Léon get in winter?
February nights average 3.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 21 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Léon get?
About 1,182 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (170 mm) and July the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Dax (28 km away), averages 1,914 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Léon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Léon, Soorts-Hossegor, 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 SOORTS-HOSSEGOR, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Léon →
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