Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Aigues-Mortes: 553 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 4.3°C on average. Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in July. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 96% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 55 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Aigues-Mortes station, 3.7 km south.
A year in Aigues-Mortes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Aigues-Mortes station.
What a year in Aigues-Mortes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aigues-Mortes.
About 553 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 67th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
12 frosts and 109 days of 25°C a year
On about 12 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aigues-Mortes: 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 Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes is 3.7 km south of Aigues-Mortes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Aigues-Mortes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Aigues-Mortes (30003001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 1 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 2 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 19 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 Aigues-Mortes 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 Gard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Mortes | Aigues-Mortes | 29.4°C | 4.3°C | 553 mm |
| Le Grau-du-Roi 6 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 553 mm |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze 6.7 km | Marsillargues | 30.7°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.3°C 2°C colder | 618 mm |
| La Grande-Motte 8.8 km | Montpellier-Aéroport | 29.5°C about the same | 3.3°C 1°C colder | 639 mm |
| Marsillargues 10 km | Marsillargues | 30.7°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.3°C 2°C colder | 618 mm |
| Saint-Just 12 km | Marsillargues | 30.7°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.3°C 2°C colder | 618 mm |
| Le Cailar 13 km | Marsillargues | 30.7°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.3°C 2°C colder | 618 mm |
Aigues-Mortes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Aigues-Mortes station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C | 4.3°C | 7.9°C | 54 mm | 146 |
| February | 12.7°C | 4.6°C | 8.7°C | 36 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.2°C | 7.7°C | 12.0°C | 35 mm | 219 |
| April | 18.6°C | 10.4°C | 14.5°C | 52 mm | 229 |
| May | 22.6°C | 14.1°C | 18.4°C | 37 mm | 271 |
| June | 26.8°C | 17.9°C | 22.3°C | 24 mm | 316 |
| July | 29.4°C | 20.2°C | 24.8°C | 15 mm | 345 |
| August | 29.2°C | 20.0°C | 24.6°C | 30 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.2°C | 16.3°C | 20.8°C | 73 mm | 247 |
| October | 20.6°C | 13.2°C | 16.9°C | 77 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.4°C | 8.5°C | 11.9°C | 72 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.0°C | 5.1°C | 8.6°C | 49 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.0°C | 11.9°C | 16.0°C | 553 mm | 2,705 |
Where Aigues-Mortes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Aigues-Mortes, 3.7 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, Montpellier-Aéroport, 19 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 Gard.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Aigues-Mortes’s climate
How warm does Aigues-Mortes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.4°C. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, more than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Aigues-Mortes get in winter?
January nights average 4.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 12 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Aigues-Mortes get?
About 553 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (77 mm) and July the driest (15 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (19 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Aigues-Mortes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Aigues-Mortes, Aigues-Mortes, 3.7 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 AIGUES-MORTES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Aigues-Mortes →
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