Arcizans-Dessus is wetter than 92% of mainland French towns: 1,098 mm of rain a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.4°C. Of all months, November brings the most rain and August the least. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 67% of mainland French towns. Garden chairs stay out from May to October, the months with highs of 19–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Ayros-Arbouix station, 7.7 km east.
A year in Arcizans-Dessus at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ayros-Arbouix station.
What a year in Arcizans-Dessus feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ayros-Arbouix.
About 1,098 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 14 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Pyrénées.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
35 frosts and 71 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ayros-Arbouix: 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 Ayros-Arbouix
Ayros-Arbouix is 7.7 km east of Arcizans-Dessus. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arcizans-Dessus itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ayros-Arbouix (65055001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km east |
| Station altitude | 478 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 864 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 26 km away |
Arcizans-Dessus sits 386 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Arcizans-Dessus to run about 2.5°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 Arcizans-Dessus 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-Pyrénées.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcizans-Dessus | Ayros-Arbouix | 25.4°C | 1.9°C | 1,098 mm |
| Argelès-Gazost 5.7 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 1,098 mm |
| Lourdes 16 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,081 mm |
| Pontacq 23 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,081 mm |
| Nay 23 km | Asson | 26.3°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.8°C 1.1°C colder | 1,377 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 27 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C 1.7°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,140 mm |
| Juillan 28 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,081 mm |
Arcizans-Dessus weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ayros-Arbouix station; sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C | 1.9°C | 6.5°C | 110 mm | 114 |
| February | 11.8°C | 2.0°C | 6.9°C | 90 mm | 129 |
| March | 14.9°C | 4.4°C | 9.7°C | 86 mm | 169 |
| April | 16.4°C | 6.2°C | 11.3°C | 107 mm | 170 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.6°C | 14.8°C | 103 mm | 189 |
| June | 23.3°C | 12.7°C | 18.0°C | 82 mm | 196 |
| July | 25.4°C | 14.7°C | 20.0°C | 66 mm | 207 |
| August | 25.9°C | 14.8°C | 20.3°C | 61 mm | 208 |
| September | 22.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.3°C | 68 mm | 195 |
| October | 19.4°C | 9.2°C | 14.3°C | 83 mm | 156 |
| November | 14.2°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 137 mm | 118 |
| December | 11.7°C | 2.9°C | 7.3°C | 105 mm | 112 |
| Year | 18.1°C | 7.9°C | 13.0°C | 1,098 mm | 1,964 |
Where Arcizans-Dessus’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ayros-Arbouix, 7.7 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, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 26 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-Pyrénées.
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Questions about Arcizans-Dessus’s climate
How warm does Arcizans-Dessus get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, more than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arcizans-Dessus get in winter?
January nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arcizans-Dessus get?
About 1,098 mm a year, more than 92% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (137 mm) and August the driest (61 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (26 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arcizans-Dessus itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arcizans-Dessus, Ayros-Arbouix, 7.7 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 AYROS ARBOUIX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arcizans-Dessus →
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.