Frost comes to Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers less often than to 85% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 28.4°C. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 85% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 98 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Castelnaudary station, 12 km north-east.
A year in Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Castelnaudary station.
What a year in Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Castelnaudary.
About 707 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montaut
23 frosts and 90 days of 25°C a year
On about 23 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, and 33 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Castelnaudary: 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 Castelnaudary
Castelnaudary is 12 km north-east of Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Castelnaudary (11076001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 160 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 284 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montaut, 16 km away |
Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers sits 124 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers to run about 0.8°C cooler 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 Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers 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. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers | Castelnaudary | 28.4°C | 3.3°C | 707 mm |
| Mazères 12 km | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C 1.3°C cooler | 2.7°C 0.6°C colder | 797 mm |
| Castelnaudary 13 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 707 mm |
| Mirepoix 18 km | Alaigne | 27.6°C 0.8°C cooler | 3.4°C about the same | 674 mm |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 19 km | Ségreville | 28.2°C about the same | 1.8°C 1.5°C colder | 748 mm |
| Saverdun 20 km | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C 1.3°C cooler | 2.7°C 0.6°C colder | 797 mm |
| Nailloux 20 km | Ségreville | 28.2°C about the same | 1.8°C 1.5°C colder | 748 mm |
Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Castelnaudary station; sunshine at Montaut.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C | 3.3°C | 6.4°C | 67 mm | 100 |
| February | 11.0°C | 3.3°C | 7.1°C | 47 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.7°C | 5.4°C | 10.1°C | 55 mm | 170 |
| April | 17.5°C | 7.6°C | 12.5°C | 78 mm | 195 |
| May | 21.1°C | 11.2°C | 16.2°C | 78 mm | 210 |
| June | 25.7°C | 14.8°C | 20.2°C | 61 mm | 238 |
| July | 28.4°C | 16.7°C | 22.5°C | 38 mm | 260 |
| August | 28.6°C | 16.8°C | 22.7°C | 48 mm | 242 |
| September | 24.6°C | 13.8°C | 19.2°C | 51 mm | 212 |
| October | 19.6°C | 11.1°C | 15.4°C | 60 mm | 171 |
| November | 13.4°C | 6.6°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | 119 |
| December | 10.3°C | 4.0°C | 7.2°C | 58 mm | 113 |
| Year | 18.7°C | 9.6°C | 14.1°C | 707 mm | 2,158 |
Where Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Castelnaudary, 12 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, Montaut, 16 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 Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers’s climate
How warm does Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 33 reach 30°C.
How cold does Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers get in winter?
January nights average 3.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 23 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers get?
About 707 mm a year, less than 66% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (78 mm) and July the driest (38 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montaut (16 km away), averages 2,158 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers, Castelnaudary, 12 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 CASTELNAUDARY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers →
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