Frost comes to Saint-Michel less often than to 84% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 27.1°C. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Warm days come often: about 82 a year reach 25°C, more than in 73% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season, with highs of 19–24°C, runs through May, June, September and October.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Ybars station, 15 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Michel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Ybars station.
What a year in Saint-Michel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Ybars.
About 797 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and August the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Ariège.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montaut
25 frosts and 82 days of 25°C a year
On about 25 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Ybars: 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 Saint-Ybars
Saint-Ybars is 15 km north-west of Saint-Michel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Michel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Ybars (09277001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 330 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 378 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montaut, 13 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 Saint-Michel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C | 2.7°C | 797 mm |
| Pamiers 9 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 11 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 12 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
| Saverdun 12 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
| Varilhes 14 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
| Mazères 19 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
Saint-Michel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Ybars station; sunshine at Montaut.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C | 2.7°C | 6.0°C | 68 mm | 100 |
| February | 10.5°C | 3.0°C | 6.8°C | 53 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.2°C | 5.3°C | 9.7°C | 58 mm | 170 |
| April | 16.7°C | 7.4°C | 12.0°C | 85 mm | 195 |
| May | 20.4°C | 10.8°C | 15.6°C | 91 mm | 210 |
| June | 24.4°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 238 |
| July | 27.1°C | 16.3°C | 21.7°C | 56 mm | 260 |
| August | 27.6°C | 16.5°C | 22.0°C | 50 mm | 242 |
| September | 23.9°C | 13.5°C | 18.7°C | 59 mm | 212 |
| October | 19.0°C | 10.4°C | 14.7°C | 65 mm | 171 |
| November | 13.0°C | 6.0°C | 9.5°C | 75 mm | 119 |
| December | 10.0°C | 3.6°C | 6.8°C | 66 mm | 113 |
| Year | 18.0°C | 9.2°C | 13.6°C | 797 mm | 2,158 |
Where Saint-Michel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Ybars, 15 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, Montaut, 13 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 Saint-Michel’s climate
How warm does Saint-Michel get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.6°C. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, more than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Michel get in winter?
January nights average 2.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 25 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Michel get?
About 797 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and August the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montaut (13 km away), averages 2,158 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Michel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Michel, Saint-Ybars, 15 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 ST-YBARS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Michel →
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.