Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Sorde-l'Abbaye: 1,456 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about 3.2°C. Warm days come often: about 96 a year reach 25°C, more than in 85% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Long walks are most pleasant from May to July and September to October, when afternoons reach 21–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bidache station, 8.7 km south-west.
A year in Sorde-l'Abbaye at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bidache station.
What a year in Sorde-l'Abbaye feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bidache.
About 1,456 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 50 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 35 towns of 2,500+ in Landes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Dax
30 frosts and 96 days of 25°C a year
On about 30 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bidache: 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 Bidache
Bidache is 8.7 km south-west of Sorde-l'Abbaye. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sorde-l'Abbaye itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bidache (64123001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 45 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 15 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Dax, 18 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 Sorde-l'Abbaye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorde-l'Abbaye | Bidache | 26.9°C | 3.2°C | 1,456 mm |
| Peyrehorade 4.5 km | same station | 26.9°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 1,456 mm |
| Pouillon 9.8 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
| Salies-de-Béarn 13 km | Saint-Gladie | 27.6°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.3°C 0.9°C colder | 1,323 mm |
| Narrosse 19 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
| Dax 19 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 22 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
Sorde-l'Abbaye weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bidache station; sunshine at Dax.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C | 3.2°C | 7.8°C | 146 mm | 90 |
| February | 13.4°C | 3.0°C | 8.2°C | 121 mm | 112 |
| March | 16.7°C | 5.4°C | 11.1°C | 113 mm | 163 |
| April | 18.6°C | 7.5°C | 13.1°C | 127 mm | 173 |
| May | 21.9°C | 11.0°C | 16.6°C | 123 mm | 199 |
| June | 24.9°C | 14.3°C | 19.6°C | 93 mm | 208 |
| July | 26.9°C | 16.2°C | 21.5°C | 75 mm | 226 |
| August | 27.4°C | 16.2°C | 21.8°C | 77 mm | 222 |
| September | 25.0°C | 13.2°C | 19.1°C | 108 mm | 197 |
| October | 21.1°C | 10.5°C | 15.8°C | 130 mm | 145 |
| November | 15.5°C | 6.4°C | 11.0°C | 197 mm | 95 |
| December | 12.8°C | 3.9°C | 8.3°C | 147 mm | 84 |
| Year | 19.7°C | 9.2°C | 14.5°C | 1,456 mm | 1,914 |
Where Sorde-l'Abbaye’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bidache, 8.7 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, 18 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 Sorde-l'Abbaye’s climate
How warm does Sorde-l'Abbaye get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sorde-l'Abbaye get in winter?
February nights average 3.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 30 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sorde-l'Abbaye get?
About 1,456 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (197 mm) and July the driest (75 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Dax (18 km away), averages 1,914 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sorde-l'Abbaye itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sorde-l'Abbaye, Bidache, 8.7 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 BIDACHE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sorde-l'Abbaye →
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