Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Monteils
July afternoons reach 31.2°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.5°C; 967 mm of rain falls in a year. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 85% of mainland French towns. Frost is rarer than in 83% of mainland French towns: about 26 nights a year drop below freezing. Its January nights are the mildest among its 6 nearest neighbors. Figures from Météo-France’s Deaux station, 3.7 km south-west.
A year in Monteils at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Deaux station.
What a year in Monteils feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Deaux.
About 967 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 18th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac
26 frosts and 113 days of 25°C a year
On about 26 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 113 days a year reach 25°C, and 54 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Deaux: 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 Deaux
Deaux is 3.7 km south-west of Monteils. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Monteils itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Deaux (30101001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 185 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 198 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Nîmes-Courbessac, 32 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 Monteils 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteils | Deaux | 31.2°C | 2.5°C | 967 mm |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 5 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.5°C 1°C colder | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 7.6 km | Salindres | 30.9°C about the same | 1.1°C 1.4°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 8 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.5°C 1°C colder | 1,047 mm |
| Alès 8.5 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.5°C 1°C colder | 1,047 mm |
| Salindres 9.1 km | Salindres | 30.9°C about the same | 1.1°C 1.4°C colder | 1,092 mm |
| Bagard 11 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.5°C 1°C colder | 1,047 mm |
Monteils weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Deaux station; sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C | 2.5°C | 6.6°C | 81 mm | 142 |
| February | 12.2°C | 2.6°C | 7.4°C | 54 mm | 165 |
| March | 16.2°C | 5.5°C | 10.8°C | 61 mm | 220 |
| April | 19.0°C | 8.0°C | 13.5°C | 80 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.4°C | 70 mm | 269 |
| June | 27.9°C | 15.3°C | 21.6°C | 50 mm | 313 |
| July | 31.2°C | 17.8°C | 24.5°C | 37 mm | 346 |
| August | 30.8°C | 17.5°C | 24.2°C | 43 mm | 307 |
| September | 25.5°C | 14.0°C | 19.7°C | 137 mm | 245 |
| October | 19.8°C | 10.7°C | 15.3°C | 149 mm | 171 |
| November | 14.2°C | 6.2°C | 10.2°C | 125 mm | 142 |
| December | 11.0°C | 3.3°C | 7.1°C | 81 mm | 132 |
| Year | 20.1°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 967 mm | 2,680 |
Where Monteils’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Deaux, 3.7 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, 32 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 Monteils’s climate
How warm does Monteils get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.2°C. About 113 days a year reach 25°C, more than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 54 reach 30°C.
How cold does Monteils get in winter?
January nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 26 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Monteils get?
About 967 mm a year, more than 85% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (149 mm) and July the driest (37 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nîmes-Courbessac (32 km away), averages 2,680 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Monteils itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Monteils, Deaux, 3.7 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 DEAUX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Monteils →
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