Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Alès
Météo-France’s Saint-Christol-les-Alès station, 3.9 km south: July afternoons reach 32.5°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.5°C; 1,047 mm of rain falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 89% of mainland French towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 31°C.
A year in Alès at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Christol-les-Alès station.
What a year in Alès feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Christol-les-Alès.
About 1,047 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac
44 frosts and 131 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 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 71 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Christol-les-Alès: 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 Saint-Christol-les-Alès
Saint-Christol-les-Alès is 3.9 km south of Alès. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Alès itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Christol-les-Alès (30243001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 129 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 133 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Nîmes-Courbessac, 39 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 Alès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alès | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C | 1.5°C | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 3.5 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 1.6°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 1.6°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4.4 km | same station | 32.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 5.5 km | same station | 32.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 5.7 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 1.6°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Bagard 7.2 km | same station | 32.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
Alès weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Christol-les-Alès station; sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C | 1.5°C | 6.4°C | 82 mm | 142 |
| February | 13.0°C | 1.6°C | 7.3°C | 56 mm | 165 |
| March | 17.2°C | 4.4°C | 10.8°C | 73 mm | 220 |
| April | 20.1°C | 7.3°C | 13.7°C | 83 mm | 229 |
| May | 24.3°C | 11.0°C | 17.7°C | 78 mm | 269 |
| June | 29.2°C | 14.7°C | 22.0°C | 49 mm | 313 |
| July | 32.5°C | 17.2°C | 24.8°C | 39 mm | 346 |
| August | 32.0°C | 16.8°C | 24.4°C | 50 mm | 307 |
| September | 26.7°C | 13.1°C | 19.9°C | 161 mm | 245 |
| October | 20.7°C | 10.0°C | 15.4°C | 154 mm | 171 |
| November | 15.1°C | 5.3°C | 10.2°C | 133 mm | 142 |
| December | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 90 mm | 132 |
| Year | 21.1°C | 8.8°C | 15.0°C | 1,047 mm | 2,680 |
Where Alès’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Christol-les-Alès, 3.9 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, Nîmes-Courbessac, 39 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 Alès’s climate
How warm does Alès get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32.5°C. About 131 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 71 reach 30°C.
How cold does Alès get in winter?
January nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Alès get?
About 1,047 mm a year, more than 89% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (161 mm) and July the driest (39 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nîmes-Courbessac (39 km away), averages 2,680 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Alès itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Alès, Saint-Christol-les-Alès, 3.9 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 ST CHRISTOL-LES-ALES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Alès →
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.