Climate and average weather in Bourail
In Bourail, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are warm and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bourail typically varies from 15°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 33°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bourail for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid November.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 30°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 15°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 186 mm
- Driest
- Oct
- 42 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1173 mm
- 128 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.7–13.3 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 0 m
- 21.6°S
- Clearest
- Sep
- 53% cloud
Bourail is human settlement in France.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Bourail 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 late April to mid November.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Bourail, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Bourail stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 30°C and low of 22°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 23°C.
Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Avg low (°C) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 22 |
| Feb | 30 | 22 |
| Mar | 29 | 22 |
| Apr | 27 | 20 |
| May | 25 | 18 |
| Jun | 24 | 16 |
| Jul | 23 | 15 |
| Aug | 23 | 15 |
| Sep | 25 | 16 |
| Oct | 27 | 17 |
| Nov | 28 | 19 |
| Dec | 29 | 20 |
How hot and cold Bourail really feels
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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bourail feels like about 33°C (around February 11). About 37 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 32 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 |
| Air high (°C) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Air low (°C) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 30 | 21 | 22 |
| Feb | 32 | 30 | 22 | 22 |
| Mar | 31 | 29 | 22 | 22 |
| Apr | 28 | 27 | 20 | 20 |
| May | 25 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| Jun | 24 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
| Jul | 23 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
| Aug | 23 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 16 | 16 |
| Oct | 27 | 27 | 17 | 17 |
| Nov | 29 | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| Dec | 31 | 29 | 20 | 20 |
Average hourly temperature in Bourail
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 February afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.
Bourail weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° / 22° | 148 | 16 | 13.2 | 4.4 |
| Feb | 30° / 22° | 158 | 17.6 | 12.7 | 4.0 |
| Mar | 29° / 22° | 186 | 18.8 | 12.2 | 4.4 |
| Apr | 27° / 20° | 115 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 5.8 |
| May | 25° / 18° | 89 | 8.9 | 11 | 6.8 |
| Jun | 24° / 16° | 76 | 6.9 | 10.7 | 7.3 |
| Jul | 23° / 15° | 63 | 6 | 10.8 | 7.4 |
| Aug | 23° / 15° | 72 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 7.4 |
| Sep | 25° / 16° | 45 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 7.6 |
| Oct | 27° / 17° | 42 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 7.0 |
| Nov | 28° / 19° | 73 | 8.6 | 13 | 6.0 |
| Dec | 29° / 20° | 107 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 4.9 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Bourail gets about 1173 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 4.7 months, from around Dec 5 to Apr 27, peaking in February at about 65% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 30.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 186 mm over about 19 wet days; October is the driest, with 42 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 52 | 63 | 61 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 44 |
| Rain days | 16 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52 | 16 |
| Feb | 63 | 18 |
| Mar | 61 | 19 |
| Apr | 44 | 13 |
| May | 29 | 9 |
| Jun | 23 | 7 |
| Jul | 19 | 6 |
| Aug | 21 | 7 |
| Sep | 18 | 5 |
| Oct | 22 | 7 |
| Nov | 29 | 9 |
| Dec | 44 | 14 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Bourail collects about 1173 mm of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 98 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 186 mm, while October is the driest at just 42 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 148 | 158 | 186 | 115 | 89 | 76 | 63 | 72 | 45 | 42 | 73 | 107 |
| Rain days | 16 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 148 | 16 |
| Feb | 158 | 18 |
| Mar | 186 | 19 |
| Apr | 115 | 13 |
| May | 89 | 9 |
| Jun | 76 | 7 |
| Jul | 63 | 6 |
| Aug | 72 | 7 |
| Sep | 45 | 5 |
| Oct | 42 | 7 |
| Nov | 73 | 9 |
| Dec | 107 | 14 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Bourail, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around June 9 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around December 5. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around December 6 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around June 8. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 35 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 51 | 47 | 41 |
| Cloudier (%) | 65 | 67 | 67 | 58 | 58 | 54 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 49 | 53 | 59 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 65 |
| Feb | 33 | 67 |
| Mar | 33 | 67 |
| Apr | 42 | 58 |
| May | 42 | 58 |
| Jun | 46 | 54 |
| Jul | 53 | 47 |
| Aug | 53 | 47 |
| Sep | 56 | 44 |
| Oct | 51 | 49 |
| Nov | 47 | 53 |
| Dec | 41 | 59 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 January 1, brings about 13 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around June 6, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 36 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:32 | 5:50 | 6:03 | 6:13 | 6:25 | 6:37 | 6:40 | 6:24 | 5:56 | 5:28 | 5:12 | 5:15 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:43 | 6:35 | 6:12 | 5:43 | 5:23 | 5:19 | 5:28 | 5:40 | 5:49 | 5:58 | 6:15 | 6:33 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 | 5:32 | 6:43 |
| Feb | 12.7 | 5:50 | 6:35 |
| Mar | 12.2 | 6:03 | 6:12 |
| Apr | 11.5 | 6:13 | 5:43 |
| May | 11.0 | 6:25 | 5:23 |
| Jun | 10.7 | 6:37 | 5:19 |
| Jul | 10.8 | 6:40 | 5:28 |
| Aug | 11.3 | 6:24 | 5:40 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 5:56 | 5:49 |
| Oct | 12.5 | 5:28 | 5:58 |
| Nov | 13.0 | 5:12 | 6:15 |
| Dec | 13.3 | 5:15 | 6:33 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Bourail averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 11 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Jun 13 to Dec 5. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is March, down near 4 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 3 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 4 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 5 | Gloomy |
| May | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 8 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 8 | Mixed |
| Sep | 10 | Mixed |
| Oct | 9 | Mixed |
| Nov | 8 | Mixed |
| Dec | 5 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
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 Bourail, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around November 14 to May 22. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 23 to November 13, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 72% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 39 | 37 | 42 | 33 | 24 | 7 |
| Humid (%) | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 29 |
| Muggy (%) | 42 | 35 | 35 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 42 |
| Oppressive (%) | 37 | 53 | 53 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| Miserable (%) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 37 | 3 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 53 | 6 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 53 | 3 |
| Apr | 0 | 5 | 20 | 48 | 26 | 0 |
| May | 2 | 23 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| Jun | 11 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul | 30 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 35 | 37 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 25 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 14 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov | 3 | 24 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 7 | 29 | 42 | 21 | 0 |
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.
Wind in Bourail is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | calm |
| Feb | 8 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 8 | calm |
| Jun | 9 | calm |
| Jul | 9 | calm |
| Aug | 9 | calm |
| Sep | 8 | calm |
| Oct | 8 | calm |
| Nov | 8 | calm |
| Dec | 8 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Bourail
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Bourail sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.
Bourail's rainy season runs December–May, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Bourail
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bourail throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early May, Bourail is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
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 Bourail for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to mid November, with a peak score in the first week of September.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | good | ideal | good | good | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 | fair |
| Feb | 4.0 | fair |
| Mar | 4.4 | fair |
| Apr | 5.8 | good |
| May | 6.8 | good |
| Jun | 7.3 | good |
| Jul | 7.4 | good |
| Aug | 7.4 | good |
| Sep | 7.6 | ideal |
| Oct | 7.0 | good |
| Nov | 6.0 | good |
| Dec | 4.9 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bourail for hot-weather activities run from early April to late June and again from late August to late January, with a peak score in the first week of October.
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 Bourail, by month
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 February (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 23°C), pack light clothes.
In February, Bourail sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Bourail
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 27°C and coldest in August near 23°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Comfort | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Warm | Warm |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | Warm |
| Feb | 27 | Warm |
| Mar | 27 | Warm |
| Apr | 26 | Warm |
| May | 25 | Warm |
| Jun | 24 | Warm |
| Jul | 23 | Refreshing |
| Aug | 23 | Refreshing |
| Sep | 23 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 24 | Refreshing |
| Nov | 25 | Warm |
| Dec | 26 | Warm |
UV index (midday) in Bourail by month
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 Bourail peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | High | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 15 | Extreme |
| Mar | 14 | Extreme |
| Apr | 10 | Very high |
| May | 7 | High |
| Jun | 6 | High |
| Jul | 6 | High |
| Aug | 8 | Very high |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 13 | Extreme |
| Dec | 14 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Bourail
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 February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 7 |
| Mar | 8 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 7 | 5 |
| May | 6 | 3 |
| Jun | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Aug | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5 |
| Oct | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Dec | 9 | 7 |
Growing season
Bourail is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Bourail banks about 4,544 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 481 | 444 | 468 | 407 | 357 | 300 | 275 | 275 | 307 | 372 | 402 | 458 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 481 |
| Feb | 444 |
| Mar | 468 |
| Apr | 407 |
| May | 357 |
| Jun | 300 |
| Jul | 275 |
| Aug | 275 |
| Sep | 307 |
| Oct | 372 |
| Nov | 402 |
| Dec | 458 |
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.
Bourail receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.2 and 6.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Sep 9 to Mar 16. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 3.2 kWh/m² — roughly 49% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Level | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 | Intense |
| Feb | 5.7 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.0 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.3 | Bright |
| May | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Jun | 3.2 | Moderate |
| Jul | 3.4 | Moderate |
| Aug | 4.1 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.3 | Bright |
| Oct | 6.0 | Bright |
| Nov | 6.3 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.3 | Intense |
Where is Bourail?
Bourail sits at 21.6°S, 165.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in New Caledonia. The nearest listed city is Dumbéa, 119 km away.
Topography around Bourail
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bourail.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Bourail has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,091 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,492 m.
The land around Bourail is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.
New Caledonia travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- GDP per capita
- $29,213
- 2024
- Safe drinking water
- 97%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 3.1
- per 100k, 2009
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- Religion
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 Bourail (-21.5669°, 165.4974°, elevation 0 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).