Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Carnas
Météo-France’s Vic-le-Fesq station, 8 km north-east: July afternoons reach 31.5°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 0.5°C; 845 mm of rain falls in a year. Winters go the other way: about 60 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 81% 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 Carnas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vic-le-Fesq station.
What a year in Carnas feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vic-le-Fesq.
About 845 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 22nd wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
A frosty town: 60 frosts and 124 days of 25°C a year
On about 60 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 124 days a year reach 25°C, and 60 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vic-le-Fesq: 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 Vic-le-Fesq
Vic-le-Fesq is 8 km north-east of Carnas. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Carnas itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vic-le-Fesq (30349001) |
| Distance from the town | 8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 45 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 97 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 28 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 Carnas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnas | Vic-le-Fesq | 31.5°C | 0.5°C | 845 mm |
| Quissac 8.8 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Sommières 9.5 km | Villevieille | 31.5°C about the same | 1.8°C 1.3°C milder | 761 mm |
| Saint-Drézéry 11 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.6°C milder | 870 mm |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 12 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.6°C milder | 870 mm |
| Restinclières 13 km | Verargues | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C 1.6°C milder | 749 mm |
| Sussargues 13 km | Verargues | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C 1.6°C milder | 749 mm |
Carnas weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vic-le-Fesq station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C | 0.5°C | 6.2°C | 68 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.3°C | 0.3°C | 6.8°C | 47 mm | 170 |
| March | 17.0°C | 3.0°C | 10.0°C | 53 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.6°C | 5.9°C | 12.8°C | 72 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.8°C | 9.6°C | 16.7°C | 62 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.5°C | 13.1°C | 20.8°C | 48 mm | 316 |
| July | 31.5°C | 15.3°C | 23.4°C | 27 mm | 345 |
| August | 31.1°C | 15.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 mm | 305 |
| September | 26.2°C | 11.6°C | 18.9°C | 127 mm | 247 |
| October | 20.9°C | 9.2°C | 15.0°C | 117 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.5°C | 4.6°C | 10.1°C | 109 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.8°C | 70 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.9°C | 7.5°C | 14.2°C | 845 mm | 2,705 |
Where Carnas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vic-le-Fesq, 8 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, 28 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 Carnas’s climate
How warm does Carnas get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.5°C. About 124 days a year reach 25°C, more than 97% of mainland French towns, and about 60 reach 30°C.
How cold does Carnas get in winter?
February nights average 0.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 60 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Carnas get?
About 845 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (127 mm) and July the driest (27 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (28 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Carnas itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Carnas, Vic-le-Fesq, 8 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 VIC LE FESQ, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Carnas →
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.