Fontès is drier than 94% of mainland French towns: 608 mm of rain a year
January mornings start at about 3.6°C. Seasons differ by 27°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Warm days come often: about 112 a year reach 25°C, more than in 92% of mainland French towns. For walks and days out, April, May, September and October bring highs of 19–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pezenas-Tourbes station, 12 km south.
A year in Fontès at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pezenas-Tourbes station.
What a year in Fontès 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 12 km south of Fontès. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fontès itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pezenas-Tourbes (34311001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 76 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 47 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 Fontès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontès | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C | 3.6°C | 608 mm |
| Caux 3.8 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Paulhan 6.6 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Pézenas 9.7 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 11 km | Soumont | 29.8°C about the same | 4.3°C 0.7°C milder | 969 mm |
| Montagnac 11 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
| Canet 11 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 608 mm |
Fontès 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 Fontès’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pezenas-Tourbes, 12 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, 47 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 Fontès’s climate
How warm does Fontès 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 Fontès 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 Fontès 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 (47 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fontès itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fontès, Pezenas-Tourbes, 12 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 Fontès →
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.