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Calais weather

Pas-de-Calais (62) · 67,571 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 19:50

Clear sky
12°
Clear sky
Feels like 12°C
Wind
6 km/h
Gusts
12 km/h
Humidity
91 %
Pressure
1029 hPa
Clouds
16 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:39 Set 17:32 Day 9 h 53 min UV 2 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
12°10°
Feels like 12°
Wind ↑ E 6 km/h
Gusts 12 km/h
Humidity 91 %
19:00
Clear sky
12°
E 6
22:00
Clear sky
10°
ESE 5

Calais forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
5°8°12°15°18°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed11°9°Thu 29 Oct: max 16° · min 10° · normal 11.7°Fri 30 Oct: max 13° · min 7° · normal 11.6°Sat 31 Oct: max 10° · min 7° · normal 11.5°Sun 1 Nov: max 12° · min 7° · normal 11.5°Mon 2 Nov: max 13° · min 10° · normal 11.3°Tue 3 Nov: max 12° · min 10° · normal 11.2°Wed 4 Nov: max 11° · min 9° · normal 11.1°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu5°10°15°13°7°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Calais climate: what a normal year looks like

From 16 h 32 min of daylight in late June to 7 h 55 min in late December.

Swimmers find the warmest sea in August (18 °C) and the coolest in March (8 °C).

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 57 mm and 90 mm on average.

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 22 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 2 °C.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 12 °C, 3 °C cooler than a normal October (15 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfallSea
Jan7 °C2 °C76 mm9 °C
Feb8 °C3 °C63 mm8 °C
Mar10 °C5 °C58 mm8 °C
Apr13 °C7 °C57 mm9 °C
May16 °C9 °C68 mm11 °C
Jun19 °C12 °C65 mm14 °C
Jul21 °C14 °C65 mm16 °C
Aug22 °C14 °C78 mm18 °C
Sep18 °C12 °C68 mm18 °C
Oct15 °C9 °C82 mm16 °C
Nov10 °C6 °C84 mm13 °C
Dec7 °C3 °C90 mm11 °C
Whole year14 °C8 °C850 mm12 °C

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 50.95° N, 1.87° E, 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 Calais: pollution and pollen

2/6
Fair
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.54µg/m³
PM1013µg/m³
O₃63µg/m³
NO₂15µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Calais

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

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Calais

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 04:57 Set 23:23
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 Calais

Tide station used: Calais · 2 km away

🌊 Sea surface
15.6 °C
satellite, 29/10
Sea state
Rippled
waves 0.2 m
Period
5 s
Swell
0.2 m
TodayThu 29/10
High range92
High tide 01:50 7.5 m
Low tide 09:14 1.1 m
High tide 14:08 7.5 m
Low tide 21:31 1.1 m
TomorrowFri 30/10
High range82
High tide 02:33 7.3 m
Low tide 09:59 1.3 m
High tide 14:53 7.2 m
Low tide 22:17 1.4 m
SatSat 31/10
High range70
High tide 03:20 7.0 m
Low tide 10:46 1.6 m
High tide 15:43 6.9 m
Low tide 23:08 1.7 m
SunSun 01/11
Mean tide58
High tide 04:14 6.5 m
Low tide 11:39 1.9 m
High tide 16:43 6.4 m

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

Look up a past day in Calais

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

Calais weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62): conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 12 °C (feels like 12 °C) and the wind blows at 6 km/h.

Expected range today: 10 °C to 16 °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 Calais.

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