Few mainland French towns have cooler summers than Recques-sur-Course
Nights in January average 2.6°C. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 77% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 132 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le-Touquet station, 11 km west.
A year in Recques-sur-Course at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le-Touquet station.
What a year in Recques-sur-Course feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le-Touquet.
About 889 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and April the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 131 towns of 2,500+ in Pas-de-Calais.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le-Touquet
36 frosts and 18 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, and 3 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le-Touquet: 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 Le-Touquet
Le-Touquet is 11 km west of Recques-sur-Course. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Recques-sur-Course itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le-Touquet (62826001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 22 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Recques-sur-Course 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 Pas-de-Calais.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recques-sur-Course | Le-Touquet | 21.4°C | 2.6°C | 889 mm |
| Étaples 10 km | same station | 21.4°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Cucq 13 km | same station | 21.4°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Samer 13 km | Boulogne-Sem | 20.1°C 1.3°C cooler | 3.4°C 0.8°C milder | 825 mm |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 13 km | same station | 21.4°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Camiers 14 km | same station | 21.4°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Merlimont 14 km | same station | 21.4°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 889 mm |
Recques-sur-Course weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le-Touquet station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 2.6°C | 5.1°C | 77 mm | 62 |
| February | 8.2°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 62 mm | 78 |
| March | 10.9°C | 4.0°C | 7.5°C | 54 mm | 133 |
| April | 14.1°C | 5.6°C | 9.9°C | 50 mm | 190 |
| May | 17.2°C | 8.7°C | 13.0°C | 59 mm | 210 |
| June | 19.7°C | 11.6°C | 15.6°C | 56 mm | 220 |
| July | 21.4°C | 13.8°C | 17.6°C | 59 mm | 225 |
| August | 21.9°C | 14.0°C | 18.0°C | 73 mm | 205 |
| September | 19.5°C | 11.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 mm | 161 |
| October | 15.8°C | 9.0°C | 12.4°C | 101 mm | 111 |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.6°C | 8.4°C | 114 mm | 63 |
| December | 8.2°C | 3.1°C | 5.7°C | 107 mm | 53 |
| Year | 14.7°C | 7.7°C | 11.2°C | 889 mm | 1,710 |
Where Recques-sur-Course’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le-Touquet, 11 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, 11 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 Pas-de-Calais.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Recques-sur-Course’s climate
How warm does Recques-sur-Course get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.9°C. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 96% of mainland French towns, and about 3 reach 30°C.
How cold does Recques-sur-Course get in winter?
February nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Recques-sur-Course get?
About 889 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (114 mm) and April the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le-Touquet (11 km away), averages 1,710 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Recques-sur-Course itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Recques-sur-Course, Le-Touquet, 11 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 LE-TOUQUET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Recques-sur-Course →
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