Barèges sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 21.3°C. Of all months, November brings the most rain and February the least. Of the 14 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Pyrénées, it is the wettest. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 19–22°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Génos station, 33 km south-east: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Barèges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Génos station.
What a year in Barèges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Génos.
About 1,520 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 53 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 14 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Pyrénées.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
A frosty town: 118 frosts and 27 days of 25°C a year
On about 118 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 29 days it stays below freezing all day. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Génos: 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 Génos
Génos is 33 km south-east of Barèges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Barèges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Génos (65195001) |
| Distance from the town | 33 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 1,252 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,212 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 16 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 33 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 Barèges 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barèges | Génos | 21.3°C | −2.5°C | 1,520 mm |
| Argelès-Gazost 18 km | Ayros-Arbouix | 25.4°C 4.1°C warmer | 1.9°C 4.4°C milder | 1,098 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 20 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C 2.4°C warmer | 1.1°C 3.6°C milder | 1,140 mm |
| Lourdes 24 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 3.9°C warmer | 1.1°C 3.6°C milder | 1,081 mm |
Barèges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Génos station; sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C | −2.5°C | 0.6°C | 115 mm | 114 |
| February | 4.2°C | −2.8°C | 0.7°C | 89 mm | 129 |
| March | 8.5°C | −0.5°C | 4.0°C | 105 mm | 169 |
| April | 11.1°C | 1.9°C | 6.5°C | 154 mm | 170 |
| May | 14.8°C | 5.3°C | 10.1°C | 157 mm | 189 |
| June | 18.8°C | 8.6°C | 13.7°C | 136 mm | 196 |
| July | 21.3°C | 10.5°C | 15.9°C | 112 mm | 207 |
| August | 21.5°C | 10.9°C | 16.2°C | 110 mm | 208 |
| September | 17.5°C | 7.8°C | 12.7°C | 120 mm | 195 |
| October | 13.0°C | 5.4°C | 9.2°C | 150 mm | 156 |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.8°C | 3.7°C | 163 mm | 118 |
| December | 4.3°C | −1.4°C | 1.5°C | 109 mm | 112 |
| Year | 12.1°C | 3.7°C | 7.9°C | 1,520 mm | 1,964 |
Where Barèges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Génos, 33 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, 33 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Barèges’s climate
How warm does Barèges get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.5°C. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Barèges get in winter?
February nights average −2.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 118 nights a year, and about 29 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Barèges get?
About 1,520 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (163 mm) and February the driest (89 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (33 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Barèges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Barèges, Génos, 33 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 GENOS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Barèges →
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.