Rainfall in Alignan-du-Vent trails that of 94% of mainland French towns: 608 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 3.6°C on average. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 92% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Expect about 24 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pezenas-Tourbes station, 5.9 km south-east.
A year in Alignan-du-Vent at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pezenas-Tourbes station.
What a year in Alignan-du-Vent feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pezenas-Tourbes.
About 608 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 44th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
24 frosts and 112 days of 25°C a year
On about 24 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 112 days a year reach 25°C, and 40 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pezenas-Tourbes: 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 Pezenas-Tourbes
Pezenas-Tourbes is 5.9 km south-east of Alignan-du-Vent. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Alignan-du-Vent itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pezenas-Tourbes (34311001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 97 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 52 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 Alignan-du-Vent 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 Hérault.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignan-du-Vent | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C | 3.6°C | 608 mm |
| Caux 4.8 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Servian 5.7 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Pézenas 6.2 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Montblanc 8.5 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Magalas 9.8 km | Murviel-lès-Béziers | 30.1°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Saint-Thibéry 10 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
Alignan-du-Vent weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pezenas-Tourbes station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C | 3.6°C | 7.8°C | 54 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.1°C | 3.5°C | 8.3°C | 48 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.4°C | 5.8°C | 11.1°C | 48 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.0°C | 8.5°C | 13.7°C | 56 mm | 229 |
| May | 22.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.3°C | 46 mm | 271 |
| June | 27.3°C | 15.1°C | 21.2°C | 29 mm | 316 |
| July | 30.0°C | 17.3°C | 23.7°C | 18 mm | 345 |
| August | 29.7°C | 17.2°C | 23.4°C | 30 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.5°C | 13.6°C | 19.6°C | 61 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.0°C | 11.2°C | 16.1°C | 93 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.8°C | 6.9°C | 11.3°C | 76 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.7°C | 3.8°C | 8.3°C | 50 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.4°C | 9.9°C | 15.2°C | 608 mm | 2,705 |
Where Alignan-du-Vent’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pezenas-Tourbes, 5.9 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Montpellier-Aéroport, 52 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 Hérault.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Alignan-du-Vent’s climate
How warm does Alignan-du-Vent get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.0°C. About 112 days a year reach 25°C, more than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 40 reach 30°C.
How cold does Alignan-du-Vent get in winter?
February nights average 3.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 24 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Alignan-du-Vent get?
About 608 mm a year, less than 94% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (18 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (52 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Alignan-du-Vent itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Alignan-du-Vent, Pezenas-Tourbes, 5.9 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 PEZENAS-TOURBES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Alignan-du-Vent →
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