Salinelles sits near the top of mainland French towns for July heat
In January the night’s low is typically 1.8°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 30°C. The heating season runs December to February: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Villevieille station, 2.4 km south-east.
A year in Salinelles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Villevieille station.
What a year in Salinelles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villevieille.
About 761 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
40 frosts and 122 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 122 days a year reach 25°C, and 60 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villevieille: 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 Villevieille
Villevieille is 2.4 km south-east of Salinelles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Salinelles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Villevieille (30352002) |
| Distance from the town | 2.4 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 41 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 39 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 27 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 Salinelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salinelles | Villevieille | 31.5°C | 1.8°C | 761 mm |
| Sommières 3.2 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 761 mm |
| Aubais 9.2 km | Verargues | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 749 mm |
| Restinclières 10 km | Verargues | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 749 mm |
| Calvisson 11 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 761 mm |
| Saint-Drézéry 11 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.7°C colder | 870 mm |
| Aigues-Vives 12 km | Gallargues-le-Montueux | 31.6°C about the same | 2.7°C 0.9°C milder | 675 mm |
Salinelles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Villevieille station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C | 1.8°C | 6.8°C | 62 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.3°C | 1.7°C | 7.5°C | 43 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.9°C | 4.4°C | 10.7°C | 47 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.5°C | 7.2°C | 13.4°C | 71 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.7°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 53 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.4°C | 14.3°C | 21.3°C | 39 mm | 316 |
| July | 31.5°C | 16.6°C | 24.1°C | 22 mm | 345 |
| August | 31.2°C | 16.5°C | 23.9°C | 49 mm | 305 |
| September | 26.3°C | 12.9°C | 19.6°C | 108 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.6°C | 104 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.6°C | 5.6°C | 10.6°C | 98 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.3°C | 2.5°C | 7.4°C | 66 mm | 137 |
| Year | 21.0°C | 8.7°C | 14.8°C | 761 mm | 2,705 |
Where Salinelles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Villevieille, 2.4 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, 27 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 Salinelles’s climate
How warm does Salinelles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.5°C. About 122 days a year reach 25°C, more than 96% of mainland French towns, and about 60 reach 30°C.
How cold does Salinelles get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Salinelles get?
About 761 mm a year, more than 52% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (108 mm) and July the driest (22 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (27 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Salinelles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Salinelles, Villevieille, 2.4 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 VILLEVIEILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Salinelles →
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.