Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort: 1,240 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about 0.8°C. A year here swings 31°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 97% of mainland French towns. Expect about 55 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Générargues station, 15 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Générargues station.
What a year in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Générargues.
About 1,240 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd 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: 55 frosts and 121 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 121 days a year reach 25°C, and 59 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Générargues: 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 Générargues
Générargues is 15 km north-east of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Générargues (30129001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 139 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 160 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 44 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-Hippolyte-du-Fort 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-Hippolyte-du-Fort | Générargues | 31.4°C | 0.8°C | 1,240 mm |
| Ganges 12 km | Le Vigan | 30.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 1.5°C 0.7°C milder | 1,495 mm |
| Quissac 13 km | Vic-le-Fesq | 31.5°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Anduze 14 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,240 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 16 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,438 mm |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 16 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,240 mm |
| Bagard 19 km | Saint-Christol-les-Alès | 32.5°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.5°C 0.7°C milder | 1,047 mm |
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Générargues station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C | 0.8°C | 6.0°C | 99 mm | 146 |
| February | 12.8°C | 0.7°C | 6.7°C | 70 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.7°C | 3.5°C | 10.1°C | 92 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.5°C | 6.4°C | 12.9°C | 100 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.7°C | 10.0°C | 16.9°C | 102 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.2°C | 13.7°C | 21.0°C | 49 mm | 316 |
| July | 31.4°C | 15.9°C | 23.6°C | 41 mm | 345 |
| August | 31.1°C | 15.6°C | 23.3°C | 56 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.8°C | 12.1°C | 19.0°C | 172 mm | 247 |
| October | 20.2°C | 9.3°C | 14.8°C | 178 mm | 176 |
| November | 14.9°C | 4.7°C | 9.8°C | 162 mm | 146 |
| December | 11.5°C | 1.5°C | 6.5°C | 119 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.6°C | 7.8°C | 14.2°C | 1,240 mm | 2,705 |
Where Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Générargues, 15 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, 44 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-Hippolyte-du-Fort’s climate
How warm does Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.4°C. About 121 days a year reach 25°C, more than 96% of mainland French towns, and about 59 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort get in winter?
February nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort get?
About 1,240 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (178 mm) and July the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (44 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, Générargues, 15 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 GENERARGUES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort →
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