Photo: Daniel CULSAN · CC BY-SA 4.0Few mainland French towns get less rain than Balaruc-les-Bains: 543 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 28.2°C. October is the wettest month here, with about 5.9 times the rain of July. None of the 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault has milder January nights. Expect about 5 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Sète station, 5.5 km south.
A year in Balaruc-les-Bains at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sète station.
What a year in Balaruc-les-Bains feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sète.
About 543 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 88th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
5 frosts and 87 days of 25°C a year
On about 5 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sète: 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 Sète
Sète is 5.5 km south of Balaruc-les-Bains. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Balaruc-les-Bains itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sète (34301002) |
| Distance from the town | 5.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 75 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 26 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 Balaruc-les-Bains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balaruc-les-Bains | Sète | 28.2°C | 5.9°C | 543 mm |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 1.6 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Sète 4.5 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Poussan 4.7 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Frontignan 4.8 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Gigean 6.1 km | Villeneuve-lès-Mag-Inrae | 29.1°C 0.9°C warmer | 3.8°C 2.1°C colder | 592 mm |
| Mèze 7.7 km | Marseillan-Inrae | 28.4°C about the same | 4.2°C 1.7°C colder | 518 mm |
Balaruc-les-Bains weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sète station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C | 5.9°C | 8.5°C | 52 mm | 146 |
| February | 11.9°C | 5.9°C | 8.9°C | 41 mm | 170 |
| March | 15.1°C | 8.5°C | 11.8°C | 43 mm | 219 |
| April | 17.5°C | 10.8°C | 14.2°C | 49 mm | 229 |
| May | 21.2°C | 14.3°C | 17.8°C | 40 mm | 271 |
| June | 25.5°C | 18.0°C | 21.8°C | 25 mm | 316 |
| July | 28.2°C | 20.4°C | 24.3°C | 14 mm | 345 |
| August | 27.9°C | 20.4°C | 24.1°C | 26 mm | 305 |
| September | 23.9°C | 17.1°C | 20.5°C | 63 mm | 247 |
| October | 19.6°C | 14.0°C | 16.8°C | 85 mm | 176 |
| November | 14.8°C | 9.6°C | 12.2°C | 61 mm | 146 |
| December | 11.8°C | 6.8°C | 9.3°C | 45 mm | 137 |
| Year | 19.0°C | 12.6°C | 15.9°C | 543 mm | 2,705 |
Where Balaruc-les-Bains’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sète, 5.5 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, Montpellier-Aéroport, 26 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 Balaruc-les-Bains’s climate
How warm does Balaruc-les-Bains get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, more than 78% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Balaruc-les-Bains get in winter?
January nights average 5.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 5 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Balaruc-les-Bains get?
About 543 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (85 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (26 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Balaruc-les-Bains itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Balaruc-les-Bains, Sète, 5.5 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 SETE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Balaruc-les-Bains →
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.