January in Prades-Salars bites harder than in 95% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 24.0°C. It is the wettest of its 6 nearest neighbors. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 80 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Salles-Curan station, 14 km south-east.
A year in Prades-Salars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Salles-Curan station.
What a year in Prades-Salars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salles-Curan.
About 1,085 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Aveyron.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Millau
A frosty town: 80 frosts and 42 days of 25°C a year
On about 80 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salles-Curan: 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 Salles-Curan
Salles-Curan is 14 km south-east of Prades-Salars. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Prades-Salars itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Salles-Curan (12253001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 959 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 823 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Millau, 24 km away |
Prades-Salars sits 136 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Prades-Salars to run about 0.9°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 Prades-Salars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prades-Salars | Salles-Curan | 24.0°C | −1.2°C | 1,085 mm |
| Luc-la-Primaube 19 km | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.2°C 1°C milder | 869 mm |
| Rodez 20 km | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.2°C 1°C milder | 869 mm |
| Olemps 20 km | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.2°C 1°C milder | 869 mm |
| Onet-le-Château 20 km | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.2°C 1°C milder | 869 mm |
| Sébazac-Concourès 22 km | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.2°C 1°C milder | 869 mm |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 22 km | Millau | 25.7°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.5°C 1.7°C milder | 713 mm |
Prades-Salars weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Salles-Curan station; sunshine at Millau.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C | −1.2°C | 2.0°C | 102 mm | 98 |
| February | 6.0°C | −1.4°C | 2.3°C | 75 mm | 129 |
| March | 9.6°C | 1.1°C | 5.3°C | 77 mm | 173 |
| April | 12.5°C | 3.2°C | 7.9°C | 104 mm | 187 |
| May | 16.6°C | 6.9°C | 11.7°C | 99 mm | 224 |
| June | 21.2°C | 10.4°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 267 |
| July | 24.0°C | 12.3°C | 18.2°C | 58 mm | 301 |
| August | 24.0°C | 12.5°C | 18.3°C | 66 mm | 270 |
| September | 19.3°C | 9.1°C | 14.2°C | 92 mm | 212 |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.6°C | 10.5°C | 117 mm | 140 |
| November | 8.7°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 118 mm | 98 |
| December | 6.1°C | −0.1°C | 3.0°C | 106 mm | 98 |
| Year | 14.0°C | 5.1°C | 9.6°C | 1,085 mm | 2,197 |
Where Prades-Salars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Salles-Curan, 14 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, 24 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 Prades-Salars’s climate
How warm does Prades-Salars get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.0°C. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 80% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Prades-Salars get in winter?
February nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 80 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Prades-Salars get?
About 1,085 mm a year, more than 90% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (118 mm) and July the driest (58 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Millau (24 km away), averages 2,197 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Prades-Salars itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Prades-Salars, Salles-Curan, 14 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 SALLES CURAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Prades-Salars →
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.