Frosty mornings in Corbières are scarcer than in 84% of mainland French towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.1°C. None of the 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude gets more rain. Of all months, April brings the most rain and July the least. An umbrella earns its place on about 114 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Benoît station, 7.1 km south-east.
A year in Corbières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Benoît station.
What a year in Corbières feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Benoît.
About 901 mm of rain a year
April is the wettest month and July the driest. About 28 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
25 frosts and 55 days of 25°C a year
On about 25 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Benoît: 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-Benoît
Saint-Benoît is 7.1 km south-east of Corbières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Corbières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Benoît (11333001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.1 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 601 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 441 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 31 km away |
Corbières sits 160 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Corbières to run about 1°C warmer than these figures.
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 Corbières 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.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbières | Saint-Benoît | 25.1°C | 2.5°C | 901 mm |
| Mirepoix 10 km | Alaigne | 27.6°C 2.5°C warmer | 3.4°C 0.9°C milder | 674 mm |
| Lavelanet 17 km | Les Cascades | 25.8°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.9°C colder | 1,102 mm |
| Limoux 19 km | Limoux | 28.6°C 3.5°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.9°C colder | 666 mm |
| Bram 24 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 3.7°C warmer | 3.5°C 1°C milder | 665 mm |
| Quillan 25 km | Granès | 27.7°C 2.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 725 mm |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 28 km | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C 2°C warmer | 2.7°C about the same | 797 mm |
Corbières weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Benoît station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.5°C | 5.5°C | 90 mm | 95 |
| February | 9.4°C | 2.7°C | 6.0°C | 71 mm | 122 |
| March | 12.6°C | 4.7°C | 8.6°C | 67 mm | 174 |
| April | 15.1°C | 6.7°C | 10.9°C | 98 mm | 192 |
| May | 18.5°C | 9.9°C | 14.2°C | 93 mm | 220 |
| June | 22.4°C | 13.4°C | 17.9°C | 62 mm | 248 |
| July | 25.1°C | 15.5°C | 20.3°C | 52 mm | 283 |
| August | 25.4°C | 15.7°C | 20.5°C | 58 mm | 268 |
| September | 21.8°C | 12.9°C | 17.3°C | 67 mm | 216 |
| October | 17.6°C | 10.2°C | 13.9°C | 77 mm | 152 |
| November | 11.7°C | 5.5°C | 8.6°C | 91 mm | 105 |
| December | 9.4°C | 3.4°C | 6.4°C | 75 mm | 95 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 8.6°C | 12.5°C | 901 mm | 2,170 |
Where Corbières’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Benoît, 7.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Carcassonne, 31 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 Corbières’s climate
How warm does Corbières get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 63% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Corbières get in winter?
January nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 25 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Corbières get?
About 901 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. April is the wettest month (98 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (31 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Corbières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Corbières, Saint-Benoît, 7.1 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 BENOIT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Corbières →
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.