Summer warmth: Roques logs more 25-degree days than 87% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 2.3°C. The rainiest month is May; the driest is July. An umbrella earns its place on about 118 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Beaucaire station, 6.4 km east.
A year in Roques at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Beaucaire station.
What a year in Roques feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaucaire.
About 776 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Gers.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Auch
41 frosts and 98 days of 25°C a year
On about 41 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, and 39 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaucaire: 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 Beaucaire
Beaucaire is 6.4 km east of Roques. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Roques itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Beaucaire (32035001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 120 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 110 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Auch, 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 Roques 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roques | Beaucaire | 28.2°C | 2.3°C | 776 mm |
| Vic-Fezensac 9.8 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 776 mm |
| Condom 14 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 776 mm |
| Eauze 16 km | Parleboscq | 27.4°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Lectoure 29 km | Mauroux | 27.6°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.3°C 1°C milder | 678 mm |
Roques weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Beaucaire station; sunshine at Auch.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C | 2.3°C | 6.1°C | 73 mm | 89 |
| February | 11.7°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 53 mm | 115 |
| March | 15.5°C | 4.5°C | 10.0°C | 56 mm | 168 |
| April | 18.2°C | 6.8°C | 12.5°C | 77 mm | 180 |
| May | 22.0°C | 10.5°C | 16.2°C | 79 mm | 201 |
| June | 25.8°C | 13.8°C | 19.8°C | 65 mm | 213 |
| July | 28.2°C | 15.6°C | 21.9°C | 50 mm | 240 |
| August | 28.6°C | 15.6°C | 22.1°C | 52 mm | 231 |
| September | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 58 mm | 203 |
| October | 20.1°C | 9.8°C | 14.9°C | 64 mm | 152 |
| November | 13.6°C | 5.5°C | 9.6°C | 79 mm | 99 |
| December | 10.3°C | 3.0°C | 6.7°C | 71 mm | 85 |
| Year | 19.1°C | 8.5°C | 13.8°C | 776 mm | 1,976 |
Where Roques’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Beaucaire, 6.4 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, 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 Roques’s climate
How warm does Roques get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, more than 87% of mainland French towns, and about 39 reach 30°C.
How cold does Roques get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 41 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Roques get?
About 776 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (79 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Auch (30 km away), averages 1,976 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Roques itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Roques, Beaucaire, 6.4 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 BEAUCAIRE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Roques →
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.