Maisons gets fewer frosts than 80% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.4°C. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Of the 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude, it is the wettest. For walks and days out, the stretch from May to October brings highs of 18–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Mouthoumet station, 9 km north-west.
A year in Maisons at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mouthoumet station.
What a year in Maisons feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mouthoumet.
About 838 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 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 Perpignan
28 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 28 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mouthoumet: 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 Mouthoumet
Mouthoumet is 9 km north-west of Maisons. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Maisons itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mouthoumet (11260002) |
| Distance from the town | 9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 538 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 334 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 29 km away |
Maisons sits 204 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Maisons to run about 1.3°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 Maisons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons | Mouthoumet | 26.4°C | 2.0°C | 838 mm |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 24 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 3.1°C warmer | 4.8°C 2.8°C milder | 578 mm |
| Baixas 25 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 3.1°C warmer | 4.8°C 2.8°C milder | 578 mm |
| Salses-le-Château 26 km | Torreilles | 28.6°C 2.2°C warmer | 4.3°C 2.3°C milder | 555 mm |
| Rivesaltes 27 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 3.1°C warmer | 4.8°C 2.8°C milder | 578 mm |
| Millas 27 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 3.1°C warmer | 4.8°C 2.8°C milder | 578 mm |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 28 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 3.1°C warmer | 4.8°C 2.8°C milder | 578 mm |
Maisons weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mouthoumet station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.0°C | 5.3°C | 94 mm | 141 |
| February | 9.3°C | 2.0°C | 5.7°C | 71 mm | 164 |
| March | 12.5°C | 4.4°C | 8.4°C | 77 mm | 207 |
| April | 15.0°C | 6.1°C | 10.6°C | 83 mm | 220 |
| May | 18.7°C | 9.5°C | 14.1°C | 66 mm | 241 |
| June | 23.3°C | 13.0°C | 18.2°C | 40 mm | 268 |
| July | 26.4°C | 15.2°C | 20.8°C | 29 mm | 300 |
| August | 26.6°C | 15.4°C | 21.0°C | 36 mm | 273 |
| September | 22.3°C | 12.5°C | 17.4°C | 60 mm | 224 |
| October | 17.5°C | 9.7°C | 13.6°C | 84 mm | 175 |
| November | 12.1°C | 5.4°C | 8.8°C | 100 mm | 147 |
| December | 9.3°C | 2.8°C | 6.1°C | 95 mm | 131 |
| Year | 16.8°C | 8.2°C | 12.5°C | 838 mm | 2,489 |
Where Maisons’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mouthoumet, 9 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, Perpignan, 29 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 Maisons’s climate
How warm does Maisons get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Maisons get in winter?
January nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 28 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Maisons get?
About 838 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (29 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (29 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Maisons itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Maisons, Mouthoumet, 9 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 MOUTHOUMET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Maisons →
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.