Urtaca is among the driest of mainland French towns: 474 mm of rain a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.6°C. Of the 16 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Corse, it has the mildest January nights. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 20°C. Garden chairs stay out from April to June and September to October, the months with highs of 17–25°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Île Rousse station, 20 km west.
A year in Urtaca at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Île Rousse station.
What a year in Urtaca feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Île Rousse.
About 474 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 16th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Corse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bastia
under 1 frosts and 90 days of 25°C a year
On about under 1 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Île Rousse: 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 Île Rousse
Île Rousse is 20 km west of Urtaca. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Urtaca itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Île Rousse (20093002) |
| Distance from the town | 20 km west |
| Station altitude | 140 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 274 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 14 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Bastia, 28 km away |
Urtaca sits 134 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Urtaca to run about 0.9°C cooler than these figures.
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 Urtaca 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 Haute-Corse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urtaca | Île Rousse | 27.6°C | 8.4°C | 474 mm |
| L'Île-Rousse 19 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 8.4°C about the same | 474 mm |
| Biguglia 23 km | Bastia | 29.4°C 1.8°C warmer | 5.4°C 3°C colder | 817 mm |
| Furiani 23 km | Bastia | 29.4°C 1.8°C warmer | 5.4°C 3°C colder | 817 mm |
| Borgo 24 km | Bastia | 29.4°C 1.8°C warmer | 5.4°C 3°C colder | 817 mm |
| Bastia 25 km | Cap Sagro | 28.0°C about the same | 8.0°C about the same | 772 mm |
| Lucciana 26 km | Bastia | 29.4°C 1.8°C warmer | 5.4°C 3°C colder | 817 mm |
Urtaca weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Île Rousse station; sunshine at Bastia.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C | 8.4°C | 10.6°C | 34 mm | 139 |
| February | 12.9°C | 7.9°C | 10.4°C | 33 mm | 159 |
| March | 14.9°C | 9.5°C | 12.2°C | 43 mm | 196 |
| April | 17.4°C | 11.5°C | 14.5°C | 40 mm | 220 |
| May | 21.2°C | 15.0°C | 18.1°C | 30 mm | 270 |
| June | 25.0°C | 18.6°C | 21.8°C | 30 mm | 306 |
| July | 27.6°C | 21.4°C | 24.5°C | 7 mm | 347 |
| August | 27.9°C | 21.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 mm | 314 |
| September | 24.6°C | 18.8°C | 21.7°C | 44 mm | 238 |
| October | 21.1°C | 15.9°C | 18.5°C | 61 mm | 182 |
| November | 16.9°C | 12.2°C | 14.5°C | 86 mm | 134 |
| December | 13.9°C | 9.5°C | 11.7°C | 54 mm | 139 |
| Year | 19.7°C | 14.2°C | 16.9°C | 474 mm | 2,645 |
Where Urtaca’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Île Rousse, 20 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, Bastia, 28 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 Haute-Corse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Urtaca’s climate
How warm does Urtaca get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.9°C. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Urtaca get in winter?
February nights average 7.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about under 1 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Urtaca get?
About 474 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (86 mm) and July the driest (7 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bastia (28 km away), averages 2,645 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Urtaca itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Urtaca, Île Rousse, 20 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 ILE ROUSSE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Urtaca →
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.