Barran gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 81% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Mirande station, 11 km south: July afternoons reach 27.8°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.9°C; 819 mm of rain falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 63% of mainland French towns.
A year in Barran at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mirande station.
What a year in Barran 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 Auch
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 11 km south of Barran. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Barran itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mirande (32256001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south |
| Station altitude | 184 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 166 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Auch, 15 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 Barran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barran | Mirande | 27.8°C | 1.9°C | 819 mm |
| Pavie 12 km | Auch | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Auch 12 km | Auch | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Mirande 12 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
| Vic-Fezensac 19 km | Beaucaire | 28.2°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 776 mm |
Barran weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mirande station; sunshine at Auch.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | 1.9°C | 6.0°C | 78 mm | 89 |
| February | 11.8°C | 2.0°C | 6.9°C | 61 mm | 115 |
| March | 15.4°C | 4.3°C | 9.9°C | 65 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.8°C | 6.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 180 |
| May | 21.6°C | 10.3°C | 15.9°C | 84 mm | 201 |
| June | 25.4°C | 13.7°C | 19.5°C | 64 mm | 213 |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.6°C | 21.7°C | 59 mm | 240 |
| August | 28.1°C | 15.5°C | 21.8°C | 54 mm | 231 |
| September | 24.8°C | 12.1°C | 18.4°C | 56 mm | 203 |
| October | 19.9°C | 9.2°C | 14.5°C | 60 mm | 152 |
| November | 13.8°C | 4.9°C | 9.3°C | 83 mm | 99 |
| December | 10.9°C | 2.4°C | 6.6°C | 74 mm | 85 |
| Year | 19.0°C | 8.2°C | 13.6°C | 819 mm | 1,976 |
Where Barran’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mirande, 11 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, Auch, 15 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 Barran’s climate
How warm does Barran 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 Barran 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 Barran 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, Auch (15 km away), averages 1,976 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Barran itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Barran, Mirande, 11 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 Barran →
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.