Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Esbareich
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.0°C on average. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 27°C. None of the 14 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Pyrénées gets less rain. An umbrella earns its place on about 118 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Luchon station, 16 km south.
A year in Esbareich at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Luchon station.
What a year in Esbareich feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Luchon.
About 941 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 14 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Pyrénées.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Campistrous
A frosty town: 82 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 82 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Luchon: 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 Luchon
Luchon is 16 km south of Esbareich. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Esbareich itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Luchon (31042012) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km south |
| Station altitude | 618 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 723 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Campistrous, 26 km away |
Esbareich sits 105 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Esbareich 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 Esbareich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbareich | Luchon | 25.0°C | −1.6°C | 941 mm |
| Montréjeau 16 km | Clarac | 26.0°C 1°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.7°C milder | 805 mm |
| Saint-Gaudens 23 km | Clarac | 26.0°C 1°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.7°C milder | 805 mm |
| Lannemezan 24 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C 1.3°C cooler | 1.1°C 2.7°C milder | 1,140 mm |
Esbareich weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Luchon station; sunshine at Campistrous.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C | −1.6°C | 4.2°C | 100 mm | 108 |
| February | 11.4°C | −1.1°C | 5.1°C | 77 mm | 134 |
| March | 14.5°C | 1.7°C | 8.1°C | 76 mm | 164 |
| April | 16.6°C | 4.5°C | 10.5°C | 91 mm | 168 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.1°C | 13.9°C | 101 mm | 184 |
| June | 23.0°C | 11.5°C | 17.3°C | 72 mm | 202 |
| July | 25.0°C | 13.4°C | 19.2°C | 64 mm | 210 |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.0°C | 19.2°C | 55 mm | 204 |
| September | 22.2°C | 9.6°C | 15.9°C | 58 mm | 192 |
| October | 19.3°C | 6.5°C | 12.9°C | 65 mm | 160 |
| November | 13.5°C | 1.6°C | 7.5°C | 106 mm | 118 |
| December | 10.6°C | −1.2°C | 4.7°C | 77 mm | 117 |
| Year | 17.6°C | 5.5°C | 11.5°C | 941 mm | 1,960 |
Where Esbareich’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Luchon, 16 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, 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, Campistrous, 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Esbareich’s climate
How warm does Esbareich get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Esbareich get in winter?
January nights average −1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 82 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Esbareich get?
About 941 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (106 mm) and August the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Campistrous (26 km away), averages 1,960 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Esbareich itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Esbareich, Luchon, 16 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 LUCHON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Esbareich →
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