Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Salérans
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 30.5°C. The rainiest month is November; the driest is July. None of the 7 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Alpes has warmer July afternoons. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 79 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Laragne-Montéglin station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Salérans at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Laragne-Montéglin station.
What a year in Salérans 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 11 km north-east of Salérans. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Salérans itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Laragne-Montéglin (05070003) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 565 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 675 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Auban, 31 km away |
Salérans sits 110 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Salérans to run about 0.7°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 Salérans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salérans | Laragne-Montéglin | 30.5°C | −2.6°C | 814 mm |
| Laragne-Montéglin 13 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | −2.6°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Sisteron 20 km | Saint-Auban | 30.3°C about the same | 0.2°C 2.8°C milder | 714 mm |
Salérans 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 Salérans’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Laragne-Montéglin, 11 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, 31 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 Salérans’s climate
How warm does Salérans 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 Salérans 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 Salérans 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 (31 km away), averages 2,779 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Salérans itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Salérans, Laragne-Montéglin, 11 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 Salérans →
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.