Few mainland French towns get more rain than Dourbies: 1,511 mm a year
Météo-France’s Bassurels station, 18 km north-east: a typical year brings 1,511 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 23.5°C and January nights around −1.3°C. About 83 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 90% of mainland French towns.
A year in Dourbies at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bassurels station.
What a year in Dourbies feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bassurels.
About 1,511 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 36 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: 83 frosts and 34 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bassurels: 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 Bassurels
Bassurels is 18 km north-east of Dourbies. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dourbies itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bassurels (48020003) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 1,042 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,041 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Millau, 37 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 Dourbies 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.
Dourbies weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bassurels station; sunshine at Millau.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C | −1.3°C | 1.6°C | 118 mm | 98 |
| February | 5.4°C | −1.7°C | 1.9°C | 86 mm | 129 |
| March | 9.1°C | 0.8°C | 4.9°C | 94 mm | 173 |
| April | 11.8°C | 2.9°C | 7.4°C | 142 mm | 187 |
| May | 15.8°C | 6.5°C | 11.2°C | 124 mm | 224 |
| June | 20.4°C | 10.1°C | 15.2°C | 73 mm | 267 |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.2°C | 17.9°C | 46 mm | 301 |
| August | 23.5°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 54 mm | 270 |
| September | 18.4°C | 9.0°C | 13.7°C | 156 mm | 212 |
| October | 13.3°C | 6.2°C | 9.7°C | 234 mm | 140 |
| November | 8.0°C | 2.0°C | 5.0°C | 242 mm | 98 |
| December | 5.3°C | −0.3°C | 2.5°C | 144 mm | 98 |
| Year | 13.3°C | 4.9°C | 9.1°C | 1,511 mm | 2,197 |
Where Dourbies’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bassurels, 18 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, 37 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 Dourbies’s climate
How warm does Dourbies get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dourbies get in winter?
February nights average −1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Dourbies get?
About 1,511 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (242 mm) and July the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Millau (37 km away), averages 2,197 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dourbies itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dourbies, Bassurels, 18 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 BASSURELS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dourbies →
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.