Cers is among the driest of mainland French towns: 555 mm of rain a year
Expect July afternoons of about 29.7°C. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 91% of mainland French towns. Plan time outside from April to June and September to October, when highs sit at 19–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Beziers-Vias station, 3.6 km east.
A year in Cers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Beziers-Vias station.
What a year in Cers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Vias.
About 555 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 81st wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
22 frosts and 109 days of 25°C a year
On about 22 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, and 35 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Vias: 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 Beziers-Vias
Beziers-Vias is 3.6 km east of Cers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Beziers-Vias (34209002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 15 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 10 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 60 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 Cers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cers | Beziers-Vias | 29.7°C | 3.6°C | 555 mm |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers 2.2 km | same station | 29.7°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Portiragnes 3.7 km | same station | 29.7°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Sauvian 5.6 km | Lespignan | 30.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 4.0°C about the same | 604 mm |
| Sérignan 6.4 km | same station | 29.7°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Béziers 6.9 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 7.3 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
Cers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Beziers-Vias station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C | 3.6°C | 7.8°C | 48 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.1°C | 3.5°C | 8.3°C | 52 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.3°C | 6.0°C | 11.1°C | 41 mm | 219 |
| April | 18.6°C | 8.7°C | 13.6°C | 51 mm | 229 |
| May | 22.3°C | 12.2°C | 17.2°C | 42 mm | 271 |
| June | 27.0°C | 15.9°C | 21.4°C | 26 mm | 316 |
| July | 29.7°C | 18.3°C | 24.0°C | 14 mm | 345 |
| August | 29.3°C | 18.0°C | 23.7°C | 26 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.3°C | 14.6°C | 19.9°C | 62 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.0°C | 12.0°C | 16.5°C | 84 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.9°C | 7.3°C | 11.6°C | 69 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.6°C | 4.0°C | 8.3°C | 41 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.3°C | 10.3°C | 15.3°C | 555 mm | 2,705 |
Where Cers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Beziers-Vias, 3.6 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, Montpellier-Aéroport, 60 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 Cers’s climate
How warm does Cers get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.7°C. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, more than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 35 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cers get in winter?
February nights average 3.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 22 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cers get?
About 555 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (84 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (60 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cers, Beziers-Vias, 3.6 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 BEZIERS-VIAS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cers →
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.