Photo: France64160 · CC0Rainfall in Auterive trails that of 92% of mainland French towns: 620 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 28.0°C. Warm afternoons come more often than in 83% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost greets about 39 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Muret-Lherm station, 20 km north-west.
A year in Auterive at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Muret-Lherm station.
What a year in Auterive feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Muret-Lherm.
About 620 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and September the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 77th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Garonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montaut
39 frosts and 91 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, and 33 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Muret-Lherm: 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 Muret-Lherm
Muret-Lherm is 20 km north-west of Auterive. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Auterive itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Muret-Lherm (31299001) |
| Distance from the town | 20 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 189 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 183 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montaut, 22 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 Auterive 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-Garonne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auterive | Muret-Lherm | 28.0°C | 2.0°C | 620 mm |
| Miremont 5 km | same station | 28.0°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Cintegabelle 6.9 km | Saint-Ybars | 27.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.7°C 0.7°C milder | 797 mm |
| Venerque 9.1 km | same station | 28.0°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Lagardelle-sur-Lèze 9.2 km | same station | 28.0°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Vernet 9.5 km | Toulouse-Francazal | 28.1°C about the same | 3.1°C 1.1°C milder | 636 mm |
| Nailloux 12 km | Ségreville | 28.2°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 748 mm |
Auterive weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Muret-Lherm station; sunshine at Montaut.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C | 2.0°C | 5.9°C | 58 mm | 100 |
| February | 11.3°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 42 mm | 129 |
| March | 15.0°C | 4.4°C | 9.7°C | 47 mm | 170 |
| April | 17.7°C | 7.1°C | 12.4°C | 63 mm | 195 |
| May | 21.2°C | 10.6°C | 15.9°C | 74 mm | 210 |
| June | 25.7°C | 14.2°C | 19.9°C | 52 mm | 238 |
| July | 28.0°C | 15.7°C | 21.8°C | 41 mm | 260 |
| August | 28.5°C | 15.6°C | 22.0°C | 43 mm | 242 |
| September | 25.3°C | 12.5°C | 18.9°C | 41 mm | 212 |
| October | 20.2°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 48 mm | 171 |
| November | 13.6°C | 4.9°C | 9.3°C | 60 mm | 119 |
| December | 10.4°C | 2.3°C | 6.4°C | 52 mm | 113 |
| Year | 18.9°C | 8.4°C | 13.6°C | 620 mm | 2,158 |
Where Auterive’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Muret-Lherm, 20 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Montaut, 22 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-Garonne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Auterive’s climate
How warm does Auterive get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.5°C. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, more than 83% of mainland French towns, and about 33 reach 30°C.
How cold does Auterive get in winter?
January nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Auterive get?
About 620 mm a year, less than 92% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (74 mm) and September the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montaut (22 km away), averages 2,158 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Auterive itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Auterive, Muret-Lherm, 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 MURET-LHERM, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Auterive →
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.