Barcugnan gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 81% of mainland French towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about 1.9°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 26°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 63% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 40 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mirande station, 17 km north.
A year in Barcugnan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mirande station.
What a year in Barcugnan feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mirande.
About 819 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and August the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Gers.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Campistrous
40 frosts and 89 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 89 days a year reach 25°C, and 32 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mirande: 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 Mirande
Mirande is 17 km north of Barcugnan. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Barcugnan itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mirande (32256001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km north |
| Station altitude | 184 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 204 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Campistrous, 28 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 Barcugnan 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 Gers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcugnan | Mirande | 27.8°C | 1.9°C | 819 mm |
| Mirande 15 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 27 km | Vic-en-Bigorre | 26.6°C 1.2°C cooler | 0.8°C 1.1°C colder | 937 mm |
| Aureilhan 28 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2°C cooler | 3.3°C 1.4°C milder | 956 mm |
| Lannemezan 29 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C 4.1°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,140 mm |
| Séméac 29 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2°C cooler | 3.3°C 1.4°C milder | 956 mm |
Barcugnan weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mirande station; sunshine at Campistrous.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | 1.9°C | 6.0°C | 78 mm | 108 |
| February | 11.8°C | 2.0°C | 6.9°C | 61 mm | 134 |
| March | 15.4°C | 4.3°C | 9.9°C | 65 mm | 164 |
| April | 17.8°C | 6.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 168 |
| May | 21.6°C | 10.3°C | 15.9°C | 84 mm | 184 |
| June | 25.4°C | 13.7°C | 19.5°C | 64 mm | 202 |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.6°C | 21.7°C | 59 mm | 210 |
| August | 28.1°C | 15.5°C | 21.8°C | 54 mm | 204 |
| September | 24.8°C | 12.1°C | 18.4°C | 56 mm | 192 |
| October | 19.9°C | 9.2°C | 14.5°C | 60 mm | 160 |
| November | 13.8°C | 4.9°C | 9.3°C | 83 mm | 118 |
| December | 10.9°C | 2.4°C | 6.6°C | 74 mm | 117 |
| Year | 19.0°C | 8.2°C | 13.6°C | 819 mm | 1,960 |
Where Barcugnan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mirande, 17 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, Campistrous, 28 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 Gers.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Barcugnan’s climate
How warm does Barcugnan get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.1°C. About 89 days a year reach 25°C, more than 81% of mainland French towns, and about 32 reach 30°C.
How cold does Barcugnan get in winter?
January nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Barcugnan get?
About 819 mm a year, more than 63% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (84 mm) and August the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Campistrous (28 km away), averages 1,960 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Barcugnan itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Barcugnan, Mirande, 17 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 MIRANDE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Barcugnan →
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.