Few mainland French towns get more rain than Sumène: 1,495 mm a year
Météo-France’s Le Vigan station, 8.5 km west: about 1,495 mm of rain falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 30.5°C and January nights drop to 1.5°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 93% of mainland French towns. Rain follows the seasons: October brings about 5.6 times as much as July.
A year in Sumène at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Vigan station.
What a year in Sumène feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan.
About 1,495 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The 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: 50 frosts and 111 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, and 51 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan: 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 Le Vigan
Le Vigan is 8.5 km west of Sumène. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sumène itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Vigan (30350001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.5 km west |
| Station altitude | 222 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 245 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 50 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 Sumène 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumène | Le Vigan | 30.5°C | 1.5°C | 1,495 mm |
| Ganges 5.5 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,495 mm |
| Le Vigan 8.6 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,495 mm |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 12 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,240 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 19 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,438 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 22 km | Saint-Martin-de-Londres | 30.3°C about the same | 0.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,088 mm |
| Anduze 22 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,240 mm |
Sumène weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Vigan station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C | 1.5°C | 6.2°C | 139 mm | 146 |
| February | 12.1°C | 1.2°C | 6.7°C | 90 mm | 170 |
| March | 15.8°C | 3.7°C | 9.7°C | 101 mm | 219 |
| April | 18.4°C | 6.1°C | 12.3°C | 120 mm | 229 |
| May | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 106 mm | 271 |
| June | 27.4°C | 12.6°C | 20.0°C | 72 mm | 316 |
| July | 30.5°C | 14.7°C | 22.6°C | 40 mm | 345 |
| August | 30.2°C | 14.5°C | 22.3°C | 53 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.1°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 170 mm | 247 |
| October | 19.6°C | 8.8°C | 14.2°C | 227 mm | 176 |
| November | 14.3°C | 4.8°C | 9.5°C | 222 mm | 146 |
| December | 11.2°C | 2.1°C | 6.6°C | 155 mm | 137 |
| Year | 19.9°C | 7.5°C | 13.7°C | 1,495 mm | 2,705 |
Where Sumène’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Vigan, 8.5 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, 50 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 Sumène’s climate
How warm does Sumène get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.5°C. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, more than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 51 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sumène get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sumène get?
About 1,495 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (227 mm) and July the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (50 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sumène itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sumène, Le Vigan, 8.5 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 LE VIGAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sumène →
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