Few mainland French towns get more rain than Aujac: 1,693 mm a year
Météo-France’s Génolhac station, 4.4 km west: a typical year brings 1,693 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 28.6°C and January nights around 1.8°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month here, with about 6.0 times the rain of July. Its July afternoons are the coolest among its 6 nearest neighbors.
A year in Aujac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Génolhac station.
What a year in Aujac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Génolhac.
About 1,693 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 40 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lanas Syn
31 frosts and 86 days of 25°C a year
On about 31 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 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 Génolhac: 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 Génolhac
Génolhac is 4.4 km west of Aujac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Aujac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Génolhac (30130001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 519 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 464 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lanas Syn, 35 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 Aujac 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aujac | Génolhac | 28.6°C | 1.8°C | 1,693 mm |
| Bessèges 9.9 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Les Vans 11 km | Grospierres | 31.9°C 3.3°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.7°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| La Grand-Combe 16 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Ambroix 18 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 21 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Rousson 22 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,092 mm |
Aujac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Génolhac station; sunshine at Lanas Syn.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C | 1.8°C | 5.3°C | 142 mm | 131 |
| February | 10.0°C | 2.0°C | 6.0°C | 96 mm | 153 |
| March | 14.0°C | 4.7°C | 9.3°C | 99 mm | 208 |
| April | 16.6°C | 7.0°C | 11.8°C | 143 mm | 208 |
| May | 20.7°C | 10.3°C | 15.5°C | 142 mm | 246 |
| June | 25.1°C | 13.9°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 286 |
| July | 28.6°C | 16.2°C | 22.4°C | 46 mm | 314 |
| August | 28.4°C | 16.2°C | 22.3°C | 79 mm | 284 |
| September | 23.1°C | 12.9°C | 18.0°C | 181 mm | 220 |
| October | 17.5°C | 9.6°C | 13.5°C | 248 mm | 154 |
| November | 12.3°C | 5.5°C | 8.9°C | 277 mm | 125 |
| December | 9.4°C | 2.7°C | 6.0°C | 165 mm | 120 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 8.6°C | 13.2°C | 1,693 mm | 2,447 |
Where Aujac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Génolhac, 4.4 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, Lanas Syn, 35 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 Aujac’s climate
How warm does Aujac 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 Aujac get in winter?
January nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 31 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Aujac get?
About 1,693 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (277 mm) and July the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lanas Syn (35 km away), averages 2,447 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Aujac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Aujac, Génolhac, 4.4 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 GENOLHAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Aujac →
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