Hardly any mainland French towns see harsher January nights than Méreuil
Midsummer highs settle at about 30.5°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 33°C. None of the 7 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Alpes has warmer July afternoons. Expect about 93 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Laragne-Montéglin station, 8.9 km south-east.
A year in Méreuil at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Laragne-Montéglin station.
What a year in Méreuil feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Laragne-Montéglin.
About 814 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 7 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Alpes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Auban
A frosty town: 93 frosts and 105 days of 25°C a year
On about 93 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 105 days a year reach 25°C, and 50 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Laragne-Montéglin: 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 Laragne-Montéglin
Laragne-Montéglin is 8.9 km south-east of Méreuil. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Méreuil itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Laragne-Montéglin (05070003) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 565 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 707 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Auban, 41 km away |
Méreuil sits 142 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Méreuil 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 Méreuil 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 Hautes-Alpes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méreuil | Laragne-Montéglin | 30.5°C | −2.6°C | 814 mm |
| Laragne-Montéglin 11 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | −2.6°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Veynes 19 km | La Faurie | 27.4°C 3.1°C cooler | −4.6°C 2°C colder | 951 mm |
| Sisteron 27 km | Saint-Auban | 30.3°C about the same | 0.2°C 2.8°C milder | 714 mm |
Méreuil weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Laragne-Montéglin station; sunshine at Saint-Auban.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | −2.6°C | 2.5°C | 64 mm | 168 |
| February | 10.5°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 43 mm | 183 |
| March | 15.1°C | 1.0°C | 8.1°C | 45 mm | 230 |
| April | 18.2°C | 4.1°C | 11.1°C | 72 mm | 228 |
| May | 22.6°C | 8.0°C | 15.3°C | 72 mm | 263 |
| June | 27.5°C | 11.6°C | 19.6°C | 60 mm | 303 |
| July | 30.5°C | 13.7°C | 22.1°C | 42 mm | 342 |
| August | 29.9°C | 13.2°C | 21.6°C | 47 mm | 312 |
| September | 24.5°C | 9.7°C | 17.1°C | 80 mm | 249 |
| October | 19.1°C | 6.2°C | 12.7°C | 104 mm | 196 |
| November | 12.1°C | 1.5°C | 6.8°C | 117 mm | 157 |
| December | 7.2°C | −1.8°C | 2.7°C | 70 mm | 149 |
| Year | 18.7°C | 5.2°C | 12.0°C | 814 mm | 2,779 |
Where Méreuil’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Laragne-Montéglin, 8.9 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Saint-Auban, 41 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 Hautes-Alpes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Méreuil’s climate
How warm does Méreuil get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.5°C. About 105 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 50 reach 30°C.
How cold does Méreuil get in winter?
January nights average −2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 93 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Méreuil get?
About 814 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (117 mm) and July the driest (42 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Auban (41 km away), averages 2,779 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Méreuil itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Méreuil, Laragne-Montéglin, 8.9 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 LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Méreuil →
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.