Ice on the ground: La Bastide-du-Salat sees more frosts than 91% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.4°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 87% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cérizols station, 9.8 km north-east.
A year in La Bastide-du-Salat at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cérizols station.
What a year in La Bastide-du-Salat feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cérizols.
About 976 mm of rain a year
April is the wettest month and August the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Ariège.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Girons
A frosty town: 70 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 70 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cérizols: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Cérizols
Cérizols is 9.8 km north-east of La Bastide-du-Salat. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Bastide-du-Salat itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cérizols (09094001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 374 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 318 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Girons, 11 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How La Bastide-du-Salat compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Ariège.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide-du-Salat | Cérizols | 26.4°C | −0.3°C | 976 mm |
| Saint-Girons 15 km | Saint-Girons | 25.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.5°C 0.8°C milder | 973 mm |
| Cazères 19 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 976 mm |
| Saint-Gaudens 22 km | Clarac | 26.0°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 25 km | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.7°C 3°C milder | 797 mm |
| Rieux-Volvestre 28 km | Muret-Lherm | 28.0°C 1.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 2.3°C milder | 620 mm |
La Bastide-du-Salat weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cérizols station; sunshine at Saint-Girons.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | −0.3°C | 5.0°C | 83 mm | 116 |
| February | 11.3°C | 0.1°C | 5.7°C | 70 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.6°C | 2.3°C | 8.5°C | 73 mm | 169 |
| April | 16.9°C | 4.8°C | 10.9°C | 108 mm | 171 |
| May | 20.3°C | 8.6°C | 14.5°C | 106 mm | 183 |
| June | 24.0°C | 12.1°C | 18.1°C | 84 mm | 193 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.1°C | 20.3°C | 68 mm | 211 |
| August | 26.9°C | 14.0°C | 20.4°C | 65 mm | 209 |
| September | 23.6°C | 10.5°C | 17.1°C | 66 mm | 193 |
| October | 19.4°C | 7.4°C | 13.4°C | 76 mm | 157 |
| November | 13.6°C | 3.0°C | 8.3°C | 101 mm | 119 |
| December | 11.0°C | 0.3°C | 5.7°C | 79 mm | 113 |
| Year | 18.2°C | 6.4°C | 12.3°C | 976 mm | 1,964 |
Where La Bastide-du-Salat’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cérizols, 9.8 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Saint-Girons, 11 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Ariège.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about La Bastide-du-Salat’s climate
How warm does La Bastide-du-Salat get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Bastide-du-Salat get in winter?
January nights average −0.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 70 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Bastide-du-Salat get?
About 976 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. April is the wettest month (108 mm) and August the driest (65 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Girons (11 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Bastide-du-Salat itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Bastide-du-Salat, Cérizols, 9.8 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station CERIZOLS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Bastide-du-Salat →
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