More days reach 25 degrees in Beccas than in 85% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Maubourguet station, 10 km north-west: July afternoons reach 27.9°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.1°C; 904 mm of rain falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 78% of mainland French towns. Winters go the other way: January nights here are colder than in 72% of mainland French towns.
A year in Beccas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maubourguet station.
What a year in Beccas feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maubourguet.
About 904 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Gers.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 96 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, and 35 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maubourguet: 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 Maubourguet
Maubourguet is 10 km north-west of Beccas. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Beccas itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maubourguet (65304001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 177 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 186 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 30 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 Beccas 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beccas | Maubourguet | 27.9°C | 1.1°C | 904 mm |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 9.5 km | Vic-en-Bigorre | 26.6°C 1.3°C cooler | 0.8°C about the same | 937 mm |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 21 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 2.7°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Aureilhan 21 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2.1°C cooler | 3.3°C 2.2°C milder | 956 mm |
| Mirande 22 km | Mirande | 27.8°C about the same | 1.9°C 0.8°C milder | 819 mm |
| Séméac 23 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2.1°C cooler | 3.3°C 2.2°C milder | 956 mm |
| Tarbes 23 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 2.7°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
Beccas weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maubourguet station; sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 87 mm | 114 |
| February | 12.4°C | 1.3°C | 6.8°C | 70 mm | 129 |
| March | 15.9°C | 4.0°C | 10.0°C | 75 mm | 169 |
| April | 18.3°C | 6.6°C | 12.5°C | 87 mm | 170 |
| May | 22.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 89 mm | 189 |
| June | 25.7°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 70 mm | 196 |
| July | 27.9°C | 15.2°C | 21.5°C | 59 mm | 207 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.0°C | 21.6°C | 56 mm | 208 |
| September | 25.2°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 62 mm | 195 |
| October | 20.6°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 68 mm | 156 |
| November | 14.4°C | 4.0°C | 9.2°C | 100 mm | 118 |
| December | 11.4°C | 1.5°C | 6.4°C | 82 mm | 112 |
| Year | 19.4°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 904 mm | 1,964 |
Where Beccas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maubourguet, 10 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, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 30 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 Beccas’s climate
How warm does Beccas get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 35 reach 30°C.
How cold does Beccas get in winter?
January nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Beccas get?
About 904 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (100 mm) and August the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (30 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Beccas itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Beccas, Maubourguet, 10 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 MAUBOURGUET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Beccas →
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.