Benqué-Molère is wetter than 93% of mainland French towns: 1,140 mm of rain a year
July afternoons average 23.7°C. Temperatures cover 23°C across the year, low to high. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 87% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 42 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Campistrous station, 7.5 km north-east.
A year in Benqué-Molère at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Campistrous station.
What a year in Benqué-Molère feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Campistrous.
About 1,140 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and August the driest. About 38 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 Campistrous
42 frosts and 47 days of 25°C a year
On about 42 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 47 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Campistrous: 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 Campistrous
Campistrous is 7.5 km north-east of Benqué-Molère. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Benqué-Molère itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Campistrous (65125001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.5 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 593 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 451 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Benqué-Molère sits 142 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Benqué-Molère to run about 0.9°C warmer 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 Benqué-Molère 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benqué-Molère | Campistrous | 23.7°C | 1.1°C | 1,140 mm |
| Lannemezan 9 km | same station | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 11 km | same station | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Barbazan-Debat 18 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Soues 19 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Séméac 21 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2.1°C warmer | 3.3°C 2.2°C milder | 956 mm |
| Odos 22 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
Benqué-Molère weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Campistrous station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C | 1.1°C | 5.3°C | 102 mm | 108 |
| February | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.7°C | 84 mm | 134 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.5°C | 8.3°C | 91 mm | 164 |
| April | 15.0°C | 5.4°C | 10.2°C | 117 mm | 168 |
| May | 18.4°C | 9.0°C | 13.7°C | 126 mm | 184 |
| June | 21.7°C | 12.1°C | 16.9°C | 90 mm | 202 |
| July | 23.7°C | 14.0°C | 18.9°C | 83 mm | 210 |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.4°C | 19.3°C | 70 mm | 204 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.5°C | 16.4°C | 74 mm | 192 |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.8°C | 13.3°C | 84 mm | 160 |
| November | 12.7°C | 4.2°C | 8.4°C | 123 mm | 118 |
| December | 10.5°C | 1.9°C | 6.2°C | 97 mm | 117 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 7.3°C | 11.9°C | 1,140 mm | 1,960 |
Where Benqué-Molère’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Campistrous, 7.5 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, Campistrous, 7.5 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 Benqué-Molère’s climate
How warm does Benqué-Molère get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.2°C. About 47 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Benqué-Molère get in winter?
January nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 42 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Benqué-Molère get?
About 1,140 mm a year, more than 93% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (126 mm) and August the driest (70 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Campistrous (7.5 km away), averages 1,960 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Benqué-Molère itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Benqué-Molère, Campistrous, 7.5 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 CAMPISTROUS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Benqué-Molère →
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