Cessenon-sur-Orb gets fewer frosts than 93% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 30.1°C. Expect the heaviest rain in October and the lightest in July. Its July heat outdoes that of 92% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 64 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Murviel-lès-Béziers station, 8 km east.
A year in Cessenon-sur-Orb at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Murviel-lès-Béziers station.
What a year in Cessenon-sur-Orb feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Murviel-lès-Béziers.
About 663 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 29th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carcassonne
19 frosts and 108 days of 25°C a year
On about 19 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 108 days a year reach 25°C, and 44 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Murviel-lès-Béziers: 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 Murviel-lès-Béziers
Murviel-lès-Béziers is 8 km east of Cessenon-sur-Orb. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cessenon-sur-Orb itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Murviel-lès-Béziers (34178001) |
| Distance from the town | 8 km east |
| Station altitude | 140 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 56 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 67 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 Cessenon-sur-Orb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessenon-sur-Orb | Murviel-lès-Béziers | 30.1°C | 3.6°C | 663 mm |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 7.4 km | same station | 30.1°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 7.6 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Puisserguier 9.2 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 10 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 12 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Maraussan 13 km | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
Cessenon-sur-Orb weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Murviel-lès-Béziers station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C | 3.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 mm | 95 |
| February | 12.5°C | 3.5°C | 8.0°C | 49 mm | 122 |
| March | 15.9°C | 6.1°C | 11.0°C | 53 mm | 174 |
| April | 18.5°C | 8.4°C | 13.4°C | 62 mm | 192 |
| May | 22.4°C | 11.8°C | 17.1°C | 50 mm | 220 |
| June | 27.1°C | 15.2°C | 21.2°C | 36 mm | 248 |
| July | 30.1°C | 17.6°C | 23.8°C | 22 mm | 283 |
| August | 29.9°C | 17.3°C | 23.6°C | 40 mm | 268 |
| September | 25.3°C | 14.1°C | 19.7°C | 70 mm | 216 |
| October | 20.3°C | 11.4°C | 15.8°C | 100 mm | 152 |
| November | 15.2°C | 7.1°C | 11.2°C | 72 mm | 105 |
| December | 12.2°C | 4.3°C | 8.3°C | 54 mm | 95 |
| Year | 20.1°C | 10.0°C | 15.1°C | 663 mm | 2,170 |
Where Cessenon-sur-Orb’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Murviel-lès-Béziers, 8 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, Carcassonne, 67 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 Cessenon-sur-Orb’s climate
How warm does Cessenon-sur-Orb get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.1°C. About 108 days a year reach 25°C, more than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 44 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cessenon-sur-Orb get in winter?
February nights average 3.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 19 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cessenon-sur-Orb get?
About 663 mm a year, less than 80% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (22 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (67 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cessenon-sur-Orb itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cessenon-sur-Orb, Murviel-lès-Béziers, 8 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 MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cessenon-sur-Orb →
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