Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Auterrive: 1,456 mm a year
January mornings start at about 3.2°C. November is the wettest month here, with about 2.6 times the rain of July. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 85% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season runs from May to July and September to October, with highs of 21–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bidache station, 11 km west.
A year in Auterrive at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bidache station.
What a year in Auterrive 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. 22nd wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 11 km west of Auterrive. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Auterrive itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bidache (64123001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 45 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 32 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Dax, 25 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 Auterrive 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auterrive | Bidache | 26.9°C | 3.2°C | 1,456 mm |
| Salies-de-Béarn 6.4 km | Saint-Gladie | 27.6°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.3°C 0.9°C colder | 1,323 mm |
| Peyrehorade 12 km | same station | 26.9°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 1,456 mm |
| Pouillon 16 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
| Orthez 18 km | Orthez | 26.7°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 1,212 mm |
| Narrosse 26 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
| Dax 27 km | Dax | 26.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,155 mm |
Auterrive 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 Auterrive’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bidache, 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, Dax, 25 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Auterrive’s climate
How warm does Auterrive 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 Auterrive 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 Auterrive 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 (25 km away), averages 1,914 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Auterrive itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Auterrive, Bidache, 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 BIDACHE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Auterrive →
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