Summer warmth: Faget-Abbatial logs more 25-degree days than 81% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 1.9°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 63% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month, August the driest. If you like long walks, May, June, September and October offer highs of 20–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mirande station, 23 km west.
A year in Faget-Abbatial at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mirande station.
What a year in Faget-Abbatial 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 23 km west of Faget-Abbatial. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Faget-Abbatial itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mirande (32256001) |
| Distance from the town | 23 km west |
| Station altitude | 184 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 203 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 17 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Auch, 21 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 Faget-Abbatial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faget-Abbatial | Mirande | 27.8°C | 1.9°C | 819 mm |
| Pavie 13 km | Auch | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Auch 17 km | Auch | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Samatan 20 km | Isle-Jourdain | 28.9°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.8°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Gimont 20 km | Isle-Jourdain | 28.9°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.8°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Mirande 23 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
Faget-Abbatial 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 Faget-Abbatial’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mirande, 23 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, 21 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 Faget-Abbatial’s climate
How warm does Faget-Abbatial 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 Faget-Abbatial 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 Faget-Abbatial 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 (21 km away), averages 1,976 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Faget-Abbatial itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Faget-Abbatial, Mirande, 23 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 Faget-Abbatial →
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.