More rain falls on Hitte than on 93% of mainland French towns: 1,140 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.7°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 87% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is May; the driest is August. From May to October, highs of 18–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Campistrous station, 16 km east.
A year in Hitte at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Campistrous station.
What a year in Hitte 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
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 16 km east of Hitte. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Hitte itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Campistrous (65125001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km east |
| Station altitude | 593 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 503 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 14 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 14 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 Hitte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitte | Campistrous | 23.7°C | 1.1°C | 1,140 mm |
| Barbazan-Debat 7 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Soues 8.5 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 9.2 km | same station | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Séméac 10 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2.1°C warmer | 3.3°C 2.2°C milder | 956 mm |
| Odos 11 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Aureilhan 12 km | Castelvieilh | 25.8°C 2.1°C warmer | 3.3°C 2.2°C milder | 956 mm |
Hitte weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Campistrous station; sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C | 1.1°C | 5.3°C | 102 mm | 114 |
| February | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.7°C | 84 mm | 129 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.5°C | 8.3°C | 91 mm | 169 |
| April | 15.0°C | 5.4°C | 10.2°C | 117 mm | 170 |
| May | 18.4°C | 9.0°C | 13.7°C | 126 mm | 189 |
| June | 21.7°C | 12.1°C | 16.9°C | 90 mm | 196 |
| July | 23.7°C | 14.0°C | 18.9°C | 83 mm | 207 |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.4°C | 19.3°C | 70 mm | 208 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.5°C | 16.4°C | 74 mm | 195 |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.8°C | 13.3°C | 84 mm | 156 |
| 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 | 112 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 7.3°C | 11.9°C | 1,140 mm | 1,964 |
Where Hitte’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Campistrous, 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, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 14 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 Hitte’s climate
How warm does Hitte 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 Hitte 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 Hitte 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, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (14 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Hitte itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Hitte, Campistrous, 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 CAMPISTROUS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Hitte →
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.