Afternoon heat in Saint-Gilles beats that of 94% of mainland French towns
Nights in January average 3.4°C. Frost is rarer than in 94% of mainland French towns: about 16 nights a year drop below freezing. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 61 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nimes-Garons station, 10 km north.
A year in Saint-Gilles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nimes-Garons station.
What a year in Saint-Gilles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nimes-Garons.
About 685 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 40th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac
16 frosts and 113 days of 25°C a year
On about 16 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 48 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nimes-Garons: 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 Nimes-Garons
Nimes-Garons is 10 km north of Saint-Gilles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Gilles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nimes-Garons (30258001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north |
| Station altitude | 94 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 12 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Nîmes-Courbessac, 20 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 Saint-Gilles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles | Nimes-Garons | 30.7°C | 3.4°C | 685 mm |
| Générac 8.3 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 685 mm |
| Beauvoisin 9.4 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 685 mm |
| Garons 9.9 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 685 mm |
| Bellegarde 10 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 685 mm |
| Vauvert 12 km | Gallargues-le-Montueux | 31.6°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.7°C 0.7°C colder | 675 mm |
| Caissargues 13 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 685 mm |
Saint-Gilles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nimes-Garons station; sunshine at Nîmes-Courbessac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C | 3.4°C | 7.1°C | 58 mm | 142 |
| February | 12.3°C | 3.5°C | 7.9°C | 37 mm | 165 |
| March | 16.2°C | 6.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 mm | 220 |
| April | 18.9°C | 8.8°C | 13.8°C | 65 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.0°C | 12.5°C | 17.7°C | 48 mm | 269 |
| June | 27.7°C | 16.3°C | 22.0°C | 35 mm | 313 |
| July | 30.7°C | 18.8°C | 24.7°C | 24 mm | 346 |
| August | 30.3°C | 18.6°C | 24.5°C | 35 mm | 307 |
| September | 25.5°C | 15.0°C | 20.2°C | 102 mm | 245 |
| October | 20.3°C | 11.7°C | 16.0°C | 92 mm | 171 |
| November | 14.7°C | 7.1°C | 10.9°C | 93 mm | 142 |
| December | 11.3°C | 4.0°C | 7.7°C | 51 mm | 132 |
| Year | 20.1°C | 10.5°C | 15.3°C | 685 mm | 2,680 |
Where Saint-Gilles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nimes-Garons, 10 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, 20 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 Saint-Gilles’s climate
How warm does Saint-Gilles 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 48 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Gilles get in winter?
January nights average 3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 16 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Gilles get?
About 685 mm a year, less than 75% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (102 mm) and July the driest (24 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nîmes-Courbessac (20 km away), averages 2,680 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Gilles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Gilles, Nimes-Garons, 10 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 NIMES-GARONS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Gilles →
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.