Arnac-sur-Dourdou is wetter than 87% of mainland French towns: 982 mm of rain a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.9°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 86% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bédarieux station, 19 km south-east.
A year in Arnac-sur-Dourdou at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bédarieux station.
What a year in Arnac-sur-Dourdou feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bédarieux.
About 982 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Aveyron.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Millau
26 frosts and 86 days of 25°C a year
On about 26 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 86 days a year reach 25°C, and 32 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bédarieux: 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 Bédarieux
Bédarieux is 19 km south-east of Arnac-sur-Dourdou. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arnac-sur-Dourdou itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bédarieux (34028003) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 373 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 528 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Millau, 44 km away |
Arnac-sur-Dourdou sits 155 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Arnac-sur-Dourdou to run about 1°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 Arnac-sur-Dourdou 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 Aveyron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnac-sur-Dourdou | Bédarieux | 28.6°C | 2.9°C | 982 mm |
| Bédarieux 22 km | Les Aires | 29.9°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 1,112 mm |
| Saint-Affrique 26 km | Bastide Solages | 28.6°C about the same | 2.2°C 0.7°C colder | 951 mm |
Arnac-sur-Dourdou weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bédarieux station; sunshine at Millau.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C | 2.9°C | 6.3°C | 88 mm | 98 |
| February | 10.7°C | 2.7°C | 6.7°C | 67 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.2°C | 5.0°C | 9.6°C | 69 mm | 173 |
| April | 16.9°C | 7.1°C | 12.0°C | 89 mm | 187 |
| May | 21.2°C | 10.4°C | 15.8°C | 77 mm | 224 |
| June | 25.8°C | 14.0°C | 19.9°C | 43 mm | 267 |
| July | 28.6°C | 16.3°C | 22.4°C | 33 mm | 301 |
| August | 28.4°C | 16.1°C | 22.2°C | 48 mm | 270 |
| September | 23.6°C | 12.8°C | 18.2°C | 105 mm | 212 |
| October | 18.4°C | 10.2°C | 14.3°C | 150 mm | 140 |
| November | 13.2°C | 6.2°C | 9.7°C | 118 mm | 98 |
| December | 10.4°C | 3.5°C | 7.0°C | 96 mm | 98 |
| Year | 18.4°C | 8.9°C | 13.7°C | 982 mm | 2,197 |
Where Arnac-sur-Dourdou’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bédarieux, 19 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, Millau, 44 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 Aveyron.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arnac-sur-Dourdou’s climate
How warm does Arnac-sur-Dourdou get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 86 days a year reach 25°C, more than 77% of mainland French towns, and about 32 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arnac-sur-Dourdou get in winter?
February nights average 2.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 26 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arnac-sur-Dourdou get?
About 982 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (150 mm) and July the driest (33 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Millau (44 km away), averages 2,197 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arnac-sur-Dourdou itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arnac-sur-Dourdou, Bédarieux, 19 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 BEDARIEUX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arnac-sur-Dourdou →
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