Hossegor weather by month

The best time to visit Hossegor is July to September — 92/100 in August, 26°C and 8 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (88/100 on average).

The worst month is December at 39/100 — cool, soaked, clean air. See December →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit France →

Hossegor🇫🇷 France · Western Europe · Beach92
  1. 45Jan
  2. 60Feb
  3. 65Mar
  4. 70Apr
  5. 76May
  6. 82Jun
  7. 90Jul
  8. 92Aug
  9. 85Sep
  10. 67Oct
  11. 42Nov
  12. 39Dec

Best season: June to August (88/100 on average) · worst December (39/100)

Days
26°C
Nights
18°C
Wet days
8
Sun
11.6 h
Humidity
74%
Daylight
14 h
Hossegor, France
Photo: Zyonig at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Hossegor, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Hossegor is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan45F11°C13 d6 hBusy1
Feb60C14°C10 d7 hBusy1
Mar65C15°C12 d9 hBusy2
Apr70B17°C12 d9 hPeak1
May76B20°C14 d11 hPeak1
Jun82A23°C13 d12 hShoulder2
Jul90S25°C6 d12 hPeak3
Aug92S26°C8 d12 hPeak2
Sep85A25°C12 d10 hBusy3
Oct67C21°C14 d8 hBusy2
Nov42F15°C17 d6 hBusy1
Dec39F13°C16 d5 hBusy1

What's on in Hossegor through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

March
  • Easter weekend4–6 AprHoliday
May
  • May holidays and ponts1–25 MayHoliday
June
  • Baines and shore break15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Hazard
July
  • French summer holidays1 Jul – 31 AugHoliday
  • Bastille Day (14 juillet)13–14 JulHoliday
September
  • Quiksilver Festival21–27 SepFestival
  • Autumn and winter swell15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually)Season

Crowds in Hossegor in August

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Peak crowdsFrench summer holidays, Summer holidays in France, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Hossegor

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Hossegor-forum posts from regulars living in town describe September and October as arguably the best stretch of the year: the summer crowds and novice surf-camp swarms have thinned out, water is still warm enough for boardshorts most days, and swell size starts climbing from summer's smaller waves toward the bigger, more consistent conditions the Landes coast is known for. Mornings typically run glassy with light offshore wind, occasionally turning onshore by afternoon, though posters say it often holds offshore the whole day on a good stretch. The daytime temperature sits in a genuinely comfortable range for a full day at the beach, but regulars flag a sharp drop once the sun goes down - evenings call for a jacket even after a warm afternoon. The record: 24.6C days feeling like a mild-for-the-season temperature, 16C nights, 103mm across 12 days, a 23.3C sea, 72 percent humidity and 10.1 hours of sun - the evening chill the forum describes shows clearly in that day-to-night spread.
LaGraviereSeptemberRegular · September · 1 month ago · Read more on surfing-waves.com ↗

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