Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Esconnets: 1,220 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 23.8°C. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 85% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 134 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lannemezan station, 16 km east.
A year in Esconnets at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lannemezan station.
What a year in Esconnets feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lannemezan.
About 1,220 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 41 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
44 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lannemezan: 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 Lannemezan
Lannemezan is 16 km east of Esconnets. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Esconnets itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lannemezan (65258001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km east |
| Station altitude | 638 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 657 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Campistrous, 13 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 Esconnets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esconnets | Lannemezan | 23.8°C | 0.8°C | 1,220 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 6.4 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Lannemezan 14 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Barbazan-Debat 17 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Soues 18 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Odos 20 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Séméac 20 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2°C warmer | 3.3°C 2.5°C milder | 956 mm |
Esconnets weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lannemezan station; sunshine at Campistrous.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C | 0.8°C | 5.1°C | 113 mm | 108 |
| February | 10.1°C | 1.1°C | 5.6°C | 92 mm | 134 |
| March | 13.3°C | 3.5°C | 8.4°C | 101 mm | 164 |
| April | 15.1°C | 5.3°C | 10.2°C | 122 mm | 168 |
| May | 18.4°C | 8.9°C | 13.6°C | 130 mm | 184 |
| June | 21.9°C | 12.3°C | 17.1°C | 92 mm | 202 |
| July | 23.8°C | 14.1°C | 19.0°C | 83 mm | 210 |
| August | 24.3°C | 14.4°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 204 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.4°C | 16.3°C | 77 mm | 192 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.4°C | 13.0°C | 90 mm | 160 |
| November | 12.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.1°C | 137 mm | 118 |
| December | 10.2°C | 1.8°C | 6.0°C | 112 mm | 117 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 7.2°C | 11.8°C | 1,220 mm | 1,960 |
Where Esconnets’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lannemezan, 16 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, 13 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 Esconnets’s climate
How warm does Esconnets get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.3°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Esconnets get in winter?
January nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Esconnets get?
About 1,220 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (137 mm) and August the driest (72 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Campistrous (13 km away), averages 1,960 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Esconnets itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Esconnets, Lannemezan, 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 LANNEMEZAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Esconnets →
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.