Peyrolles-en-Cévennes is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,438 mm of rain a year
July afternoons average 30.7°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 94% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is November; the driest is July. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 86 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Jean-du-Gard station, 3.6 km east.
A year in Peyrolles-en-Cévennes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Jean-du-Gard station.
What a year in Peyrolles-en-Cévennes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Jean-du-Gard.
About 1,438 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 35 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 113 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 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 Saint-Jean-du-Gard: 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 Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Saint-Jean-du-Gard is 3.6 km east of Peyrolles-en-Cévennes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Peyrolles-en-Cévennes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30269006) |
| Distance from the town | 3.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 196 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 318 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Nîmes-Courbessac, 54 km away |
Peyrolles-en-Cévennes sits 122 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Peyrolles-en-Cévennes to run about 0.8°C cooler than these figures.
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 Peyrolles-en-Cévennes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrolles-en-Cévennes | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C | 1.1°C | 1,438 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 4.8 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,438 mm |
| Anduze 14 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 1,240 mm |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 16 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 1,240 mm |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 17 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 1,240 mm |
| Bagard 19 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.5°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
| La Grand-Combe 20 km | Salindres | 30.9°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
Peyrolles-en-Cévennes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Jean-du-Gard station; sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C | 1.1°C | 5.8°C | 118 mm | 142 |
| February | 12.3°C | 0.9°C | 6.6°C | 79 mm | 165 |
| March | 16.2°C | 3.5°C | 9.9°C | 97 mm | 220 |
| April | 18.9°C | 6.2°C | 12.5°C | 118 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.0°C | 9.7°C | 16.3°C | 113 mm | 269 |
| June | 27.6°C | 13.1°C | 20.4°C | 60 mm | 313 |
| July | 30.7°C | 15.4°C | 23.1°C | 48 mm | 346 |
| August | 30.5°C | 15.0°C | 22.8°C | 64 mm | 307 |
| September | 25.3°C | 11.6°C | 18.4°C | 173 mm | 245 |
| October | 19.6°C | 8.9°C | 14.3°C | 212 mm | 171 |
| November | 14.3°C | 4.6°C | 9.4°C | 214 mm | 142 |
| December | 10.9°C | 1.7°C | 6.3°C | 141 mm | 132 |
| Year | 20.0°C | 7.6°C | 13.8°C | 1,438 mm | 2,680 |
Where Peyrolles-en-Cévennes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Jean-du-Gard, 3.6 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, 54 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 Peyrolles-en-Cévennes’s climate
How warm does Peyrolles-en-Cévennes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.7°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 Peyrolles-en-Cévennes get in winter?
February nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Peyrolles-en-Cévennes get?
About 1,438 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (214 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nîmes-Courbessac (54 km away), averages 2,680 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Peyrolles-en-Cévennes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Peyrolles-en-Cévennes, Saint-Jean-du-Gard, 3.6 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 ST JEAN DU GARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Peyrolles-en-Cévennes →
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