Brouckerque sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for warm days
In January the night’s low is typically 3.4°C. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in April. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 93% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 17 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Dunkerque station, 12 km north.
A year in Brouckerque at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dunkerque station.
What a year in Brouckerque feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dunkerque.
About 691 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and April the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 189th wettest of 200 towns of 2,500+ in Nord.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le-Touquet
17 frosts and 11 days of 25°C a year
On about 17 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 11 days a year reach 25°C, and 2 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dunkerque: 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 Dunkerque
Dunkerque is 12 km north of Brouckerque. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Brouckerque itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dunkerque (59183001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 11 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 2 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le-Touquet, 68 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 Brouckerque 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 Nord.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brouckerque | Dunkerque | 21.2°C | 3.4°C | 691 mm |
| Bourbourg 6.6 km | Watten | 23.7°C 2.5°C warmer | 2.0°C 1.4°C colder | 823 mm |
| Grande-Synthe 6.7 km | same station | 21.2°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 691 mm |
| Loon-Plage 6.8 km | same station | 21.2°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 691 mm |
| Cappelle-la-Grande 7.4 km | same station | 21.2°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 691 mm |
| Coudekerque-Branche 10 km | same station | 21.2°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 691 mm |
| Bergues 10 km | same station | 21.2°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 691 mm |
Brouckerque weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dunkerque station; sunshine at Le-Touquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 3.4°C | 5.5°C | 54 mm | 62 |
| February | 8.0°C | 3.5°C | 5.7°C | 45 mm | 78 |
| March | 10.2°C | 5.3°C | 7.7°C | 42 mm | 133 |
| April | 13.1°C | 7.4°C | 10.3°C | 37 mm | 190 |
| May | 16.0°C | 10.5°C | 13.3°C | 46 mm | 210 |
| June | 18.9°C | 13.3°C | 16.1°C | 55 mm | 220 |
| July | 21.2°C | 15.5°C | 18.4°C | 59 mm | 225 |
| August | 21.7°C | 15.8°C | 18.8°C | 64 mm | 205 |
| September | 19.3°C | 13.6°C | 16.5°C | 65 mm | 161 |
| October | 15.6°C | 10.4°C | 13.0°C | 73 mm | 111 |
| November | 11.1°C | 6.9°C | 9.0°C | 80 mm | 63 |
| December | 8.3°C | 4.2°C | 6.2°C | 73 mm | 53 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 9.2°C | 11.7°C | 691 mm | 1,710 |
Where Brouckerque’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dunkerque, 12 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, Le-Touquet, 68 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 Nord.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Brouckerque’s climate
How warm does Brouckerque get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.7°C. About 11 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about 2 reach 30°C.
How cold does Brouckerque get in winter?
January nights average 3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 17 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Brouckerque get?
About 691 mm a year, less than 73% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (80 mm) and April the driest (37 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le-Touquet (68 km away), averages 1,710 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Brouckerque itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Brouckerque, Dunkerque, 12 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 DUNKERQUE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Brouckerque →
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.