Ice rarely forms: Félines-Minervois sees fewer frosts than 93% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.6°C. Rain follows the seasons: November brings about 3.5 times as much as July. Its July afternoons are the coolest among its 6 nearest neighbors. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit May, June, September and October, with highs of 18–25°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Caunes-Minervois station, 9.8 km west.
A year in Félines-Minervois at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Caunes-Minervois station.
What a year in Félines-Minervois feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caunes-Minervois.
About 768 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 24th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carcassonne
18 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 18 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caunes-Minervois: 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 Caunes-Minervois
Caunes-Minervois is 9.8 km west of Félines-Minervois. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Félines-Minervois itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Caunes-Minervois (11081003) |
| Distance from the town | 9.8 km west |
| Station altitude | 371 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 168 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 28 km away |
Félines-Minervois sits 203 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Félines-Minervois to run about 1.3°C warmer than these figures.
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 Félines-Minervois 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines-Minervois | Caunes-Minervois | 27.6°C | 3.5°C | 768 mm |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 18 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 665 mm |
| Trèbes 19 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 665 mm |
| Lézignan-Corbières 20 km | Lézignan-Corbières | 29.9°C 2.3°C warmer | 3.9°C about the same | 679 mm |
| Villemoustaussou 21 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 665 mm |
| Carcassonne 24 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 665 mm |
| Pennautier 25 km | Carcassonne | 28.8°C 1.2°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 665 mm |
Félines-Minervois weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Caunes-Minervois station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C | 3.5°C | 6.4°C | 78 mm | 95 |
| February | 10.3°C | 3.6°C | 6.9°C | 61 mm | 122 |
| March | 13.6°C | 5.9°C | 9.8°C | 66 mm | 174 |
| April | 16.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.1°C | 85 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.1°C | 11.3°C | 15.7°C | 68 mm | 220 |
| June | 24.6°C | 14.8°C | 19.7°C | 43 mm | 248 |
| July | 27.6°C | 17.1°C | 22.4°C | 25 mm | 283 |
| August | 27.8°C | 17.3°C | 22.6°C | 42 mm | 268 |
| September | 23.4°C | 14.4°C | 18.9°C | 57 mm | 216 |
| October | 18.3°C | 11.4°C | 14.9°C | 84 mm | 152 |
| November | 12.9°C | 7.0°C | 10.0°C | 87 mm | 105 |
| December | 10.2°C | 4.4°C | 7.3°C | 72 mm | 95 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 9.9°C | 13.9°C | 768 mm | 2,170 |
Where Félines-Minervois’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Caunes-Minervois, 9.8 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, 28 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 Félines-Minervois’s climate
How warm does Félines-Minervois get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.8°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Félines-Minervois get in winter?
January nights average 3.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 18 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Félines-Minervois get?
About 768 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (87 mm) and July the driest (25 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (28 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Félines-Minervois itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Félines-Minervois, Caunes-Minervois, 9.8 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 CAUNES-MINERVOIS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Félines-Minervois →
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