Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Tignac: 1,438 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.0°C. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frosty nights outnumber those of 86% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 138 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Montferrier station, 16 km north.
A year in Tignac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montferrier station.
What a year in Tignac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montferrier.
About 1,438 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 51 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 Montaut
A frosty town: 65 frosts and 47 days of 25°C a year
On about 65 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 47 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montferrier: 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 Montferrier
Montferrier is 16 km north of Tignac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Tignac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montferrier (09206001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km north |
| Station altitude | 760 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 813 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montaut, 51 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 Tignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignac | Montferrier | 24.0°C | 0.0°C | 1,438 mm |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 19 km | Les Cascades | 25.8°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.6°C 1.6°C milder | 1,102 mm |
| Lavelanet 21 km | Les Cascades | 25.8°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.6°C 1.6°C milder | 1,102 mm |
| Foix 28 km | La Bastide de S | 26.4°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 1,091 mm |
Tignac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montferrier station; sunshine at Montaut.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C | 0.0°C | 4.5°C | 140 mm | 100 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.0°C | 4.7°C | 121 mm | 129 |
| March | 12.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 107 mm | 170 |
| April | 14.8°C | 4.4°C | 9.6°C | 143 mm | 195 |
| May | 18.0°C | 7.9°C | 13.0°C | 140 mm | 210 |
| June | 21.7°C | 11.5°C | 16.6°C | 104 mm | 238 |
| July | 24.0°C | 13.4°C | 18.7°C | 95 mm | 260 |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 90 mm | 242 |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.3°C | 15.5°C | 110 mm | 212 |
| October | 17.4°C | 7.2°C | 12.3°C | 108 mm | 171 |
| November | 12.1°C | 2.9°C | 7.5°C | 153 mm | 119 |
| December | 9.7°C | 0.7°C | 5.2°C | 126 mm | 113 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.1°C | 11.2°C | 1,438 mm | 2,158 |
Where Tignac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montferrier, 16 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 51 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 Tignac’s climate
How warm does Tignac get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.2°C. About 47 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Tignac get in winter?
January nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 65 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Tignac get?
About 1,438 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (153 mm) and August the driest (90 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montaut (51 km away), averages 2,158 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Tignac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Tignac, Montferrier, 16 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 MONTFERRIER, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Tignac →
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