Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Cucugnan: 540 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 28.9°C. About 103 days a year reach 25°C, more than in 89% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 65 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Eus station, 28 km south-west: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Cucugnan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Eus station.
What a year in Cucugnan feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Eus.
About 540 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 14 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 24th wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Perpignan
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 103 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 103 days a year reach 25°C, and 31 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Eus: 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 Eus
Eus is 28 km south-west of Cucugnan. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cucugnan itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Eus (66074002) |
| Distance from the town | 28 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 321 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 296 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 10 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 25 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 Cucugnan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucugnan | Eus | 28.9°C | 0.7°C | 540 mm |
| Millas 19 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Baixas 20 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Ille-sur-Têt 20 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1.5°C warmer | 3.4°C 2.7°C milder | 894 mm |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 21 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 22 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 22 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
Cucugnan weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Eus station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 0.7°C | 6.7°C | 55 mm | 141 |
| February | 13.7°C | 1.1°C | 7.4°C | 33 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.4°C | 3.3°C | 9.9°C | 46 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.8°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 57 mm | 220 |
| May | 22.0°C | 9.0°C | 15.5°C | 51 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.4°C | 12.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 mm | 268 |
| July | 28.9°C | 14.3°C | 21.6°C | 30 mm | 300 |
| August | 28.6°C | 14.1°C | 21.3°C | 34 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.1°C | 10.7°C | 17.9°C | 41 mm | 224 |
| October | 21.2°C | 7.8°C | 14.5°C | 46 mm | 175 |
| November | 16.1°C | 3.4°C | 9.8°C | 66 mm | 147 |
| December | 13.2°C | 0.8°C | 7.0°C | 48 mm | 131 |
| Year | 20.3°C | 6.9°C | 13.6°C | 540 mm | 2,489 |
Where Cucugnan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Eus, 28 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, 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, Perpignan, 25 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 Cucugnan’s climate
How warm does Cucugnan get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.9°C. About 103 days a year reach 25°C, more than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 31 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cucugnan get in winter?
January nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cucugnan get?
About 540 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (66 mm) and July the driest (30 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (25 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cucugnan itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cucugnan, Eus, 28 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 EUS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cucugnan →
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.