Les Martys is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,366 mm of rain a year
July afternoons average 23.6°C. Of all months, January brings the most rain and July the least. None of its 6 nearest neighbors has cooler July afternoons. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 20–24°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Les Martys station, 1.2 km south-west.
A year in Les Martys at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Les Martys station.
What a year in Les Martys feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Martys.
About 1,366 mm of rain a year
January is the wettest month and July the driest. About 45 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: 61 frosts and 36 days of 25°C a year
On about 61 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, and 5 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Martys: 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 Les Martys
Les Martys is 1.2 km south-west of Les Martys. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Martys itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Les Martys (11221004) |
| Distance from the town | 1.2 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 760 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 792 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 22 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 Les Martys 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Martys | Les Martys | 23.6°C | 0.1°C | 1,366 mm |
| Aiguefonde 10 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 4.7°C warmer | 2.5°C 2.4°C milder | 896 mm |
| Mazamet 11 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 4.7°C warmer | 2.5°C 2.4°C milder | 896 mm |
| Aussillon 11 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 4.7°C warmer | 2.5°C 2.4°C milder | 896 mm |
| Labruguière 13 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 4.7°C warmer | 2.5°C 2.4°C milder | 896 mm |
| Pont-de-Larn 14 km | Rouairoux | 27.8°C 4.2°C warmer | 2.2°C 2.1°C milder | 1,653 mm |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 18 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 5.2°C warmer | 3.5°C 3.4°C milder | 665 mm |
Les Martys weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Les Martys station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 164 mm | 95 |
| February | 6.7°C | −0.1°C | 3.3°C | 126 mm | 122 |
| March | 10.0°C | 1.9°C | 6.0°C | 125 mm | 174 |
| April | 12.7°C | 4.2°C | 8.4°C | 127 mm | 192 |
| May | 16.5°C | 7.6°C | 12.0°C | 129 mm | 220 |
| June | 20.9°C | 11.0°C | 16.0°C | 76 mm | 248 |
| July | 23.6°C | 12.9°C | 18.2°C | 62 mm | 283 |
| August | 23.8°C | 12.8°C | 18.3°C | 63 mm | 268 |
| September | 19.5°C | 9.8°C | 14.7°C | 90 mm | 216 |
| October | 15.3°C | 7.6°C | 11.5°C | 104 mm | 152 |
| November | 9.6°C | 3.3°C | 6.5°C | 148 mm | 105 |
| December | 7.2°C | 0.8°C | 4.0°C | 152 mm | 95 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.2°C | 1,366 mm | 2,170 |
Where Les Martys’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Les Martys, 1.2 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, 22 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 Les Martys’s climate
How warm does Les Martys get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 5 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Martys get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 61 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Martys get?
About 1,366 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. January is the wettest month (164 mm) and July the driest (62 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (22 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Martys itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Martys, Les Martys, 1.2 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 LES MARTYS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Martys →
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