Climate and average weather in Verdun

In Verdun, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Verdun typically varies from 0°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -7°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Verdun for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
95 mm
Driest
Apr
59 mm
Rain / yr
855 mm
142 wet days
Daylight
8.0–16.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
220 m
49.2°N
Clearest
Aug
60% cloud

Verdun weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Verdun, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 28 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Verdun is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Verdun is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan50
Feb60
Mar103
Apr145
May189
Jun2112
Jul2414
Aug2314
Sep1911
Oct147
Nov94
Dec51

How hot and cold Verdun really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 26), with roughly 130 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-40
Feb66-40
Mar1010-13
Apr141425
May181879
Jun21211212
Jul24241414
Aug23231414
Sep19191011
Oct141457
Nov8904
Dec55-31

Average hourly temperature in Verdun

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Verdun weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7912.42.18.50.0
Feb / 6611.12.69.80.4
Mar10° / 6811.91.311.62.2
Apr14° / 5911.70.113.44.0
May18° / 7512.70155.3
Jun21° / 12°6511015.96.2
Jul24° / 14°6411.3015.66.7
Aug23° / 14°7010.8014.26.7
Sep19° / 11°6610012.46.0
Oct14° / 7211.7010.53.9
Nov / 7612.90.98.91.4
Dec / 9514.22.88.10.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Verdun gets about 855 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.8 months, from around Oct 23 to Jan 16, peaking in December at about 48% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 31.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 95 mm over about 14 wet days; April is the driest, with 59 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 23 · 48%Aug 31 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4012
Feb4011
Mar3812
Apr3912
May4213
Jun3711
Jul3511
Aug3511
Sep3410
Oct3812
Nov4313
Dec4514

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Verdun collects about 855 mm of rain across 142 wet days — roughly 71 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 95 mm, while April is the driest at just 59 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec796668597565647066727695
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan79122
Feb66113
Mar68121
Apr59120
May75130
Jun65110
Jul64110
Aug70110
Sep66100
Oct72120
Nov76131
Dec95143

Snow in Verdun

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Verdun averages about 10 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 13 to Mar 29 — about 4.5 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 34 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan26
Feb310
Mar13
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov14
Dec311

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Verdun, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 12 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around September 29. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 45% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 30 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around March 11. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 28 · 48%Nov 14 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb2674
Mar3268
Apr3763
May3466
Jun3664
Jul4456
Aug4555
Sep3862
Oct2773
Nov1882
Dec2278

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 16 hours of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 8 hours — a swing of roughly 8 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.58:355:00
Feb9.87:595:48
Mar11.67:026:35
Apr13.45:557:22
May15.05:028:07
Jun15.94:398:38
Jul15.64:558:33
Aug14.25:367:49
Sep12.46:226:44
Oct10.57:085:39
Nov8.97:584:49
Dec8.18:344:35

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Verdun averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 16 to Oct 1. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 288 daysNov 212 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Verdun, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around May 26 to September 11. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 16% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 12 to May 25, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 28 · 100%Jul 27 · 80%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May89920
Jun662591
Jul5035151
Aug4936150
Sep771940
Oct92800
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Verdun is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 11 to Apr 6. The windiest month is December, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 7 to Oct 10, with August the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 28 · 16 km/hAug 4 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Verdun

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Verdun throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Verdun is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Verdun for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 22 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.4poor
Mar2.2poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.3fair
Jun6.2good
Jul6.7good
Aug6.7good
Sep5.9good
Oct3.9fair
Nov1.4poor
Dec0.2poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Verdun for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 5.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Verdun, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Verdun sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Verdun by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Verdun peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Verdun

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr50
May71
Jun7.53
Jul84
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Verdun by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Verdun is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1315 µg/m³Dec 109 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug12Good
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Verdun typically lasts about 353 days, from around February 6 to January 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 9 to November 10.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 650%Apr 990%Nov 1090%Jan 2450%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5331
Feb5428
Mar7731
Apr938
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8419
Dec6231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Verdun banks about 1,026 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May108
Jun197
Jul272
Aug262
Sep145
Oct31
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Verdun receives about 3.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.7 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 87% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 245.7 kWhDec 230.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.7Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.3Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov1.0Dim
Dec0.7Dim

Where is Verdun?

Verdun sits at 49.2°N, 5.4°E, 220 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Bar-le-Duc, 46 km away.

Topography around Verdun

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Verdun.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Verdun has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Verdun is covered by trees (29%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
231 m
80 km
456 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Bar-le-Duc 46 km · Hayange 53 km · Montigny-lès-Metz 56 km · Pont-à-Mousson 57 km · Esch-sur-Alzette 57 km · Metz 58 km · Thionville 61 km · Dudelange 62 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 77% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$48,986
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 539
Religion
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Verdun (49.1596°, 5.3829°, elevation 220 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).