Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Bréau-Mars: 1,495 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 30.5°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 29°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 93% of mainland French towns. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Vigan station, 3.4 km east.
A year in Bréau-Mars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Vigan station.
What a year in Bréau-Mars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan.
About 1,495 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 34 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 Millau
A frosty town: 50 frosts and 111 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, and 51 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan: 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 Le Vigan
Le Vigan is 3.4 km east of Bréau-Mars. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bréau-Mars itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Vigan (30350001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 222 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 321 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Millau, 46 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 Bréau-Mars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bréau-Mars | Le Vigan | 30.5°C | 1.5°C | 1,495 mm |
| Le Vigan 3.2 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,495 mm |
| Ganges 13 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,495 mm |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 23 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,240 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 26 km | Saint-Martin-de-Londres | 30.3°C about the same | 0.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,088 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 28 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,438 mm |
Bréau-Mars weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Vigan station; sunshine at Millau.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C | 1.5°C | 6.2°C | 139 mm | 98 |
| February | 12.1°C | 1.2°C | 6.7°C | 90 mm | 129 |
| March | 15.8°C | 3.7°C | 9.7°C | 101 mm | 173 |
| April | 18.4°C | 6.1°C | 12.3°C | 120 mm | 187 |
| May | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 106 mm | 224 |
| June | 27.4°C | 12.6°C | 20.0°C | 72 mm | 267 |
| July | 30.5°C | 14.7°C | 22.6°C | 40 mm | 301 |
| August | 30.2°C | 14.5°C | 22.3°C | 53 mm | 270 |
| September | 25.1°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 170 mm | 212 |
| October | 19.6°C | 8.8°C | 14.2°C | 227 mm | 140 |
| November | 14.3°C | 4.8°C | 9.5°C | 222 mm | 98 |
| December | 11.2°C | 2.1°C | 6.6°C | 155 mm | 98 |
| Year | 19.9°C | 7.5°C | 13.7°C | 1,495 mm | 2,197 |
Where Bréau-Mars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Vigan, 3.4 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, Millau, 46 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 Bréau-Mars’s climate
How warm does Bréau-Mars get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.5°C. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, more than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 51 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bréau-Mars get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bréau-Mars get?
About 1,495 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (227 mm) and July the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Millau (46 km away), averages 2,197 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bréau-Mars itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bréau-Mars, Le Vigan, 3.4 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 LE VIGAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bréau-Mars →
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.