Bessède-de-Sault has colder winter nights than 94% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.6°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 94% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Waterproofs come out on about 119 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Belcaire station, 13 km west.
A year in Bessède-de-Sault at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Belcaire station.
What a year in Bessède-de-Sault feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Belcaire.
About 1,032 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carcassonne
A frosty town: 77 frosts and 33 days of 25°C a year
On about 77 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 33 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Belcaire: 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 Belcaire
Belcaire is 13 km west of Bessède-de-Sault. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bessède-de-Sault itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Belcaire (11028001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km west |
| Station altitude | 980 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 924 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 49 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 Bessède-de-Sault 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 Aude.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
Bessède-de-Sault weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Belcaire station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C | −1.1°C | 3.3°C | 100 mm | 95 |
| February | 7.9°C | −1.0°C | 3.4°C | 78 mm | 122 |
| March | 10.6°C | 1.3°C | 6.0°C | 79 mm | 174 |
| April | 12.6°C | 3.1°C | 7.9°C | 109 mm | 192 |
| May | 16.2°C | 6.6°C | 11.4°C | 108 mm | 220 |
| June | 20.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.1°C | 83 mm | 248 |
| July | 22.6°C | 12.2°C | 17.4°C | 54 mm | 283 |
| August | 23.0°C | 12.4°C | 17.7°C | 58 mm | 268 |
| September | 19.3°C | 9.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 mm | 216 |
| October | 15.9°C | 6.1°C | 11.0°C | 84 mm | 152 |
| November | 10.8°C | 1.8°C | 6.3°C | 114 mm | 105 |
| December | 8.5°C | −0.3°C | 4.1°C | 92 mm | 95 |
| Year | 14.6°C | 5.0°C | 9.8°C | 1,032 mm | 2,170 |
Where Bessède-de-Sault’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Belcaire, 13 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, Carcassonne, 49 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 Aude.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bessède-de-Sault’s climate
How warm does Bessède-de-Sault get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C. About 33 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bessède-de-Sault get in winter?
January nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 77 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bessède-de-Sault get?
About 1,032 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (114 mm) and July the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (49 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bessède-de-Sault itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bessède-de-Sault, Belcaire, 13 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 BELCAIRE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bessède-de-Sault →
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