Sainte-Dode gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 81% of mainland French towns
January mornings start at about 1.9°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 26°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 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, 13 km north.
A year in Sainte-Dode at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mirande station.
What a year in Sainte-Dode 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 13 km north of Sainte-Dode. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Dode itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mirande (32256001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km north |
| Station altitude | 184 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 257 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Campistrous, 32 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 Sainte-Dode 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Dode | Mirande | 27.8°C | 1.9°C | 819 mm |
| Mirande 11 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 25 km | Vic-en-Bigorre | 26.6°C 1.2°C cooler | 0.8°C 1.1°C colder | 937 mm |
| Pavie 28 km | Auch | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Aureilhan 29 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2°C cooler | 3.3°C 1.4°C milder | 956 mm |
Sainte-Dode 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 Sainte-Dode’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mirande, 13 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, 32 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 Sainte-Dode’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Dode 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 Sainte-Dode 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 Sainte-Dode 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 (32 km away), averages 1,960 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Dode itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Dode, Mirande, 13 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 Sainte-Dode →
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.