Orgibet is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,258 mm of rain a year
July afternoons average 25.5°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost is common: about 80 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 23–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Augirein station, 1.5 km west.
A year in Orgibet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Augirein station.
What a year in Orgibet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Augirein.
About 1,258 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 43 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The 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: 80 frosts and 74 days of 25°C a year
On about 80 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 74 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Augirein: 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 Augirein
Augirein is 1.5 km west of Orgibet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Orgibet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Augirein (09027001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.5 km west |
| Station altitude | 655 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 633 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Girons, 16 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 Orgibet 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgibet | Augirein | 25.5°C | −1.0°C | 1,258 mm |
| Saint-Girons 18 km | Saint-Girons | 25.5°C about the same | 0.5°C 1.5°C milder | 973 mm |
| Saint-Gaudens 27 km | Clarac | 26.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.1°C milder | 805 mm |
Orgibet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Augirein station; sunshine at Saint-Girons.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C | −1.0°C | 4.8°C | 125 mm | 116 |
| February | 11.6°C | −0.7°C | 5.4°C | 102 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.9°C | 1.9°C | 8.4°C | 98 mm | 169 |
| April | 16.6°C | 4.0°C | 10.3°C | 132 mm | 171 |
| May | 20.0°C | 7.6°C | 13.8°C | 128 mm | 183 |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.8°C | 17.1°C | 96 mm | 193 |
| July | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 71 mm | 211 |
| August | 26.1°C | 12.5°C | 19.3°C | 68 mm | 209 |
| September | 22.9°C | 9.1°C | 16.0°C | 82 mm | 193 |
| October | 19.4°C | 6.3°C | 12.8°C | 95 mm | 157 |
| November | 13.8°C | 2.0°C | 7.9°C | 146 mm | 119 |
| December | 10.6°C | −0.3°C | 5.2°C | 116 mm | 113 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 5.4°C | 11.7°C | 1,258 mm | 1,964 |
Where Orgibet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Augirein, 1.5 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, 16 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 Orgibet’s climate
How warm does Orgibet get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 74 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Orgibet get in winter?
January nights average −1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 80 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Orgibet get?
About 1,258 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (146 mm) and August the driest (68 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Girons (16 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Orgibet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Orgibet, Augirein, 1.5 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 AUGIREIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Orgibet →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.