Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Ossun-ez-Angles: 1,220 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.8°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 85% of mainland French towns. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lannemezan station, 29 km east; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Ossun-ez-Angles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lannemezan station.
What a year in Ossun-ez-Angles 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
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 29 km east of Ossun-ez-Angles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ossun-ez-Angles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lannemezan (65258001) |
| Distance from the town | 29 km east |
| Station altitude | 638 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 675 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees, 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 Ossun-ez-Angles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossun-ez-Angles | Lannemezan | 23.8°C | 0.8°C | 1,220 mm |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7.9 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,140 mm |
| Lourdes 8.4 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Odos 13 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Juillan 13 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Barbazan-Debat 14 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Soues 15 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
Ossun-ez-Angles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lannemezan station; sunshine at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C | 0.8°C | 5.1°C | 113 mm | 114 |
| February | 10.1°C | 1.1°C | 5.6°C | 92 mm | 129 |
| March | 13.3°C | 3.5°C | 8.4°C | 101 mm | 169 |
| April | 15.1°C | 5.3°C | 10.2°C | 122 mm | 170 |
| May | 18.4°C | 8.9°C | 13.6°C | 130 mm | 189 |
| June | 21.9°C | 12.3°C | 17.1°C | 92 mm | 196 |
| July | 23.8°C | 14.1°C | 19.0°C | 83 mm | 207 |
| August | 24.3°C | 14.4°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 208 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.4°C | 16.3°C | 77 mm | 195 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.4°C | 13.0°C | 90 mm | 156 |
| 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 | 112 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 7.2°C | 11.8°C | 1,220 mm | 1,964 |
Where Ossun-ez-Angles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lannemezan, 29 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, 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 Ossun-ez-Angles’s climate
How warm does Ossun-ez-Angles 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 Ossun-ez-Angles 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 Ossun-ez-Angles 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, Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (13 km away), averages 1,964 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ossun-ez-Angles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ossun-ez-Angles, Lannemezan, 29 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 Ossun-ez-Angles →
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.