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Brest weather

Finistère (29) · 142,346 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 17:57

Mainly clear
13°
Mainly clear
Feels like 13°C
Wind
14 km/h
Gusts
29 km/h
Humidity
74 %
Pressure
1026 hPa
Clouds
30 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:59 Set 18:04 Day 10 h 4 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Afternoon
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
13°
Feels like 13°
Wind ↑ SE 14 km/h
Gusts 29 km/h
Humidity 74 %
Evening
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
10°8°
Feels like 10°
Wind ↑ ESE 5 km/h
Gusts 11 km/h
Humidity 89 %
19:00
Partly cloudy
10°
ESE 5
22:00
Partly cloudy
8°
E 5

Brest forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▼ This week runs -2.5° cooler than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
1°5°9°12°16°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed12°6°Thu 29 Oct: max 13° · min 8° · normal 12.5°Fri 30 Oct: max 14° · min 5° · normal 12.4°Sat 31 Oct: max 14° · min 3° · normal 12.3°Sun 1 Nov: max 14° · min 6° · normal 12.3°Mon 2 Nov: max 14° · min 6° · normal 12.2°Tue 3 Nov: max 13° · min 9° · normal 12.1°Wed 4 Nov: max 12° · min 6° · normal 12.0°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu2°9°16°14°3°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Brest climate: what a normal year looks like

From 16 h 06 min of daylight in late June to 8 h 18 min in late December.

Swimmers find the warmest sea in August (16 °C) and the coolest in March (10 °C).

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 19 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 6 °C.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 13 °C, 2 °C cooler than a normal October (15 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfallSea
Jan10 °C7 °C108 mm11 °C
Feb10 °C6 °C88 mm10 °C
Mar11 °C7 °C73 mm10 °C
Apr12 °C8 °C74 mm11 °C
May15 °C11 °C66 mm13 °C
Jun17 °C13 °C54 mm14 °C
Jul19 °C14 °C53 mm16 °C
Aug19 °C15 °C61 mm16 °C
Sep18 °C13 °C59 mm16 °C
Oct15 °C12 °C100 mm15 °C
Nov12 °C9 °C106 mm14 °C
Dec10 °C7 °C115 mm12 °C
Whole year14 °C10 °C950 mm13 °C

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 48.41° N, 4.50° W, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Brest: pollution and pollen

1/6
Good
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.59µg/m³
PM1017µg/m³
O₃46µg/m³
NO₂6µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen · dominant: Grass

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassLow
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Brest

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Brest, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Brest

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 05:41 Set 23:32
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Europe/Paris); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Sea and tides near Brest

Tide station used: Brest · 3 km away

🌊 Sea surface
14.8 °C
satellite, 29/10
Sea state
Slight
waves 1.3 m
Period
11 s
Swell
1.3 m
TodayThu 29/10
High range92
High tide 06:34 6.8 m
Low tide 13:02 1.0 m
High tide 18:58 6.5 m
TomorrowFri 30/10
High range82
Low tide 01:26 1.3 m
High tide 07:20 6.5 m
Low tide 13:54 1.3 m
High tide 19:47 6.1 m
SatSat 31/10
High range70
Low tide 02:18 1.7 m
High tide 08:12 6.1 m
Low tide 14:51 1.7 m
High tide 20:45 5.6 m
SunSun 01/11
Mean tide58
Low tide 03:16 2.1 m
High tide 09:16 5.7 m
Low tide 15:54 2.0 m
High tide 21:56 5.3 m

Indicative heights above chart datum. Coefficient: 20 for the weakest tides, 120 for the strongest.

Look up a past day in Brest

Curious about the weather in Brest on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Brest weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Brest, Finistère (29): conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “mainly clear”, it is 13 °C (feels like 13 °C) and the wind blows at 14 km/h.

Expected range today: 8 °C to 13 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms, plus the tide times for Brest.

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations