Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Frontignan: 543 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about 5.9°C. None of the 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault has milder January nights. Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in July. The heating season runs December to February: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Sète station, 6.9 km south-west.
A year in Frontignan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sète station.
What a year in Frontignan 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 6.9 km south-west of Frontignan. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Frontignan itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sète (34301002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.9 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 75 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 2 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 23 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 Frontignan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontignan | Sète | 28.2°C | 5.9°C | 543 mm |
| Balaruc-les-Bains 4.8 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 5.2 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Vic-la-Gardiole 6.1 km | Villeneuve-lès-Mag-Inrae | 29.1°C 0.9°C warmer | 3.8°C 2.1°C colder | 592 mm |
| Sète 6.8 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
| Gigean 6.8 km | Villeneuve-lès-Mag-Inrae | 29.1°C 0.9°C warmer | 3.8°C 2.1°C colder | 592 mm |
| Poussan 7.9 km | same station | 28.2°C about the same | 5.9°C about the same | 543 mm |
Frontignan 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 Frontignan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sète, 6.9 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, 23 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 Frontignan’s climate
How warm does Frontignan 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 Frontignan 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 Frontignan 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 (23 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Frontignan itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Frontignan, Sète, 6.9 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 Frontignan →
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