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Best Time for The French Basque Country
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Sweet spot: February, March, April. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Surf swells arrive without the August crowds, the Espelette pepper harvest strings the villages red from late September, and La Rhune's little rack railway runs a full timetable.
- Biarritz fills with the Paris exodus and Bayonne's Fêtes (early August) is a joyous five-day crush — book far ahead or come either side of it.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | 9.5°C | 118 mm | 9.1 h | ❄ |
| February | 3.6°C | 10.0°C | 89 mm | 10.2 h | ❄ |
| March | 5.7°C | 13.0°C | 88 mm | 11.6 h | |
| April | 7.8°C | 15.5°C | 86 mm | 13.2 h | |
| May | 10.7°C | 18.4°C | 85 mm | 14.5 h | |
| June | 14.0°C | 22.6°C | 70 mm | 15.2 h | |
| July | 15.8°C | 24.8°C | 49 mm | 14.9 h | |
| August | 15.9°C | 25.5°C | 51 mm | 13.8 h | |
| September | 14.0°C | 22.9°C | 63 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 11.2°C | 19.1°C | 90 mm | 10.8 h | |
| November | 7.2°C | 13.1°C | 140 mm | 9.4 h | |
| December | 4.6°C | 10.2°C | 108 mm | 8.8 h |