Sainte-Valière sits near the top of mainland French towns for warm days
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 3.8°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 91% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 28°C. For walks and days out, April, May and October bring highs of 20–24°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Argeliers station, 6.7 km north-east.
A year in Sainte-Valière at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Argeliers station.
What a year in Sainte-Valière feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Argeliers.
About 625 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 15th wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Aude.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carcassonne
21 frosts and 131 days of 25°C a year
On about 21 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 131 days a year reach 25°C, and 65 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Argeliers: 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 Argeliers
Argeliers is 6.7 km north-east of Sainte-Valière. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Valière itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Argeliers (11012001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 83 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 45 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 Sainte-Valière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Valière | Argeliers | 31.7°C | 3.8°C | 625 mm |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 8.4 km | same station | 31.7°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 625 mm |
| Ouveillan 10 km | same station | 31.7°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 625 mm |
| Lézignan-Corbières 11 km | Lézignan-Corbières | 29.9°C 1.8°C cooler | 3.9°C about the same | 679 mm |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 13 km | same station | 31.7°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 625 mm |
| Narbonne 16 km | Narbonne | 29.3°C 2.4°C cooler | 4.7°C 0.9°C milder | 635 mm |
| Capestang 17 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C cooler | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
Sainte-Valière weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Argeliers station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C | 3.8°C | 8.0°C | 59 mm | 95 |
| February | 13.6°C | 3.7°C | 8.7°C | 46 mm | 122 |
| March | 17.2°C | 6.1°C | 11.6°C | 53 mm | 174 |
| April | 20.0°C | 8.4°C | 14.2°C | 61 mm | 192 |
| May | 24.0°C | 12.0°C | 18.0°C | 47 mm | 220 |
| June | 28.8°C | 15.6°C | 22.2°C | 34 mm | 248 |
| July | 31.7°C | 17.9°C | 24.8°C | 17 mm | 283 |
| August | 31.5°C | 17.6°C | 24.6°C | 33 mm | 268 |
| September | 27.2°C | 14.2°C | 20.7°C | 57 mm | 216 |
| October | 21.8°C | 11.6°C | 16.7°C | 100 mm | 152 |
| November | 16.1°C | 7.3°C | 11.7°C | 71 mm | 105 |
| December | 12.8°C | 4.5°C | 8.7°C | 48 mm | 95 |
| Year | 21.4°C | 10.2°C | 15.8°C | 625 mm | 2,170 |
Where Sainte-Valière’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Argeliers, 6.7 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, Carcassonne, 45 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 Sainte-Valière’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Valière get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.7°C. About 131 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 65 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Valière get in winter?
February nights average 3.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 21 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Valière get?
About 625 mm a year, less than 91% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (17 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (45 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Valière itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Valière, Argeliers, 6.7 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 ARGELIERS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Valière →
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