More rain falls on Bernadets than on 91% of mainland French towns: 1,094 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.9°C. Only about 29 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 78% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost greets about 29 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Pau-Uzein station, 11 km west.
A year in Bernadets at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pau-Uzein station.
What a year in Bernadets feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pau-Uzein.
About 1,094 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 38 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 33rd wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Pau-Uzein
29 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 29 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pau-Uzein: 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 Pau-Uzein
Pau-Uzein is 11 km west of Bernadets. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bernadets itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pau-Uzein (64549001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 183 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 283 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Bernadets sits 100 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Bernadets to run about 0.7°C cooler than these figures.
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 Bernadets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadets | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C | 2.4°C | 1,094 mm |
| Morlaàs 4.1 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 1,094 mm |
| Serres-Castet 6.9 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 1,094 mm |
| Sauvagnon 8.6 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 1,094 mm |
| Idron 9.2 km | Monein | 26.6°C 0.7°C warmer | 3.6°C 1.2°C milder | 1,229 mm |
| Pau 9.8 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 1,094 mm |
| Bizanos 10 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 1,094 mm |
Bernadets weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pau-Uzein station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C | 2.4°C | 6.8°C | 102 mm | 101 |
| February | 12.3°C | 2.5°C | 7.4°C | 83 mm | 122 |
| March | 15.5°C | 5.0°C | 10.3°C | 86 mm | 164 |
| April | 17.5°C | 7.4°C | 12.5°C | 106 mm | 167 |
| May | 21.0°C | 11.0°C | 16.0°C | 104 mm | 186 |
| June | 24.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.1°C | 86 mm | 196 |
| July | 25.9°C | 15.8°C | 20.9°C | 64 mm | 213 |
| August | 26.5°C | 15.7°C | 21.1°C | 65 mm | 211 |
| September | 23.9°C | 12.8°C | 18.3°C | 77 mm | 193 |
| October | 20.1°C | 9.8°C | 15.0°C | 92 mm | 150 |
| November | 14.5°C | 5.5°C | 10.0°C | 132 mm | 107 |
| December | 12.0°C | 3.0°C | 7.5°C | 98 mm | 99 |
| Year | 18.7°C | 8.8°C | 13.7°C | 1,094 mm | 1,910 |
Where Bernadets’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pau-Uzein, 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, Pau-Uzein, 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bernadets’s climate
How warm does Bernadets get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bernadets get in winter?
January nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 29 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bernadets get?
About 1,094 mm a year, more than 91% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (132 mm) and July the driest (64 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Pau-Uzein (11 km away), averages 1,910 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bernadets itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bernadets, Pau-Uzein, 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 PAU-UZEIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bernadets →
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.