January in Saint-Paul bites harder than in 83% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 61% of mainland French towns. Of all months, May brings the most rain and August the least. Frost greets about 58 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Clarac station, 8.7 km east.
A year in Saint-Paul at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Clarac station.
What a year in Saint-Paul feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clarac.
About 805 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and August the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 15th 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: 58 frosts and 68 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clarac: 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 Clarac
Clarac is 8.7 km east of Saint-Paul. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Paul itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Clarac (31147001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.7 km east |
| Station altitude | 401 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 498 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| 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 Saint-Paul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul | Clarac | 26.0°C | 0.1°C | 805 mm |
| Montréjeau 4.2 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Lannemezan 11 km | Campistrous | 23.7°C 2.3°C cooler | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,140 mm |
| Saint-Gaudens 17 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
Saint-Paul weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Clarac station; sunshine at Campistrous.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C | 0.1°C | 5.2°C | 77 mm | 108 |
| February | 11.5°C | 0.6°C | 6.0°C | 60 mm | 134 |
| March | 14.6°C | 2.7°C | 8.6°C | 69 mm | 164 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.3°C | 11.1°C | 81 mm | 168 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 91 mm | 184 |
| June | 23.7°C | 12.7°C | 18.2°C | 61 mm | 202 |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.7°C | 20.4°C | 54 mm | 210 |
| August | 26.3°C | 14.5°C | 20.4°C | 49 mm | 204 |
| September | 23.4°C | 11.2°C | 17.3°C | 54 mm | 192 |
| October | 19.7°C | 7.9°C | 13.8°C | 56 mm | 160 |
| November | 13.7°C | 3.1°C | 8.4°C | 87 mm | 118 |
| December | 11.1°C | 0.6°C | 5.8°C | 66 mm | 117 |
| Year | 18.1°C | 6.9°C | 12.5°C | 805 mm | 1,960 |
Where Saint-Paul’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Clarac, 8.7 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, 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 Saint-Paul’s climate
How warm does Saint-Paul get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Paul get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Paul get?
About 805 mm a year, more than 61% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and August the driest (49 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 Saint-Paul itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Paul, Clarac, 8.7 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 CLARAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Paul →
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