Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Val-de-Sos
July afternoons average 25.3°C. None of the 11 towns of 2,500+ in Ariège gets more rain. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 27°C. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 125 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Vicdessos station, 0.6 km west.
A year in Val-de-Sos at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vicdessos station.
What a year in Val-de-Sos feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vicdessos.
About 1,176 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 40 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: 87 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 87 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vicdessos: 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 Vicdessos
Vicdessos is 0.6 km west of Val-de-Sos. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Val-de-Sos itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vicdessos (09334004) |
| Distance from the town | 0.6 km west |
| Station altitude | 750 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 715 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Girons, 41 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 Val-de-Sos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Sos | Vicdessos | 25.3°C | −1.3°C | 1,176 mm |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 12 km | Les Cascades | 25.8°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.6°C 2.9°C milder | 1,102 mm |
| Foix 23 km | La Bastide de S | 26.4°C 1.1°C warmer | −1.1°C about the same | 1,091 mm |
Val-de-Sos weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vicdessos station; sunshine at Saint-Girons.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | −1.3°C | 3.6°C | 123 mm | 116 |
| February | 10.3°C | −0.9°C | 4.7°C | 98 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.3°C | 1.4°C | 7.9°C | 95 mm | 169 |
| April | 16.3°C | 3.7°C | 10.0°C | 108 mm | 171 |
| May | 19.7°C | 7.2°C | 13.4°C | 115 mm | 183 |
| June | 23.1°C | 10.7°C | 16.9°C | 88 mm | 193 |
| July | 25.3°C | 12.7°C | 19.0°C | 72 mm | 211 |
| August | 25.8°C | 12.6°C | 19.2°C | 74 mm | 209 |
| September | 22.1°C | 9.2°C | 15.7°C | 78 mm | 193 |
| October | 18.3°C | 5.9°C | 12.1°C | 85 mm | 157 |
| November | 11.9°C | 1.7°C | 6.8°C | 133 mm | 119 |
| December | 8.6°C | −0.4°C | 4.1°C | 108 mm | 113 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 5.2°C | 11.1°C | 1,176 mm | 1,964 |
Where Val-de-Sos’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vicdessos, 0.6 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, 41 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 Val-de-Sos’s climate
How warm does Val-de-Sos get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Val-de-Sos get in winter?
January nights average −1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 87 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Val-de-Sos get?
About 1,176 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (133 mm) and July the driest (72 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Girons (41 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Val-de-Sos itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Val-de-Sos, Vicdessos, 0.6 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 VICDESSOS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Val-de-Sos →
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