Few mainland French towns get more rain than Ganges: 1,495 mm a year
A typical year brings 1,495 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 30.5°C and January nights around 1.5°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 93% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month here, with about 5.6 times the rain of July. Figures from Météo-France’s Le Vigan station, 9.9 km north-west.
A year in Ganges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Vigan station.
What a year in Ganges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan.
About 1,495 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
A frosty town: 50 frosts and 111 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, and 51 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Vigan: 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 Le Vigan
Le Vigan is 9.9 km north-west of Ganges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ganges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Vigan (30350001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 222 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 157 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 45 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 Ganges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganges | Le Vigan | 30.5°C | 1.5°C | 1,495 mm |
| Le Vigan 10 km | same station | 30.5°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,495 mm |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 12 km | Générargues | 31.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,240 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 16 km | Saint-Martin-de-Londres | 30.3°C about the same | 0.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,088 mm |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 23 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 870 mm |
| Quissac 23 km | Vic-le-Fesq | 31.5°C 1°C warmer | 0.5°C 1°C colder | 845 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 23 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,438 mm |
Ganges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Vigan station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C | 1.5°C | 6.2°C | 139 mm | 146 |
| February | 12.1°C | 1.2°C | 6.7°C | 90 mm | 170 |
| March | 15.8°C | 3.7°C | 9.7°C | 101 mm | 219 |
| April | 18.4°C | 6.1°C | 12.3°C | 120 mm | 229 |
| May | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 106 mm | 271 |
| June | 27.4°C | 12.6°C | 20.0°C | 72 mm | 316 |
| July | 30.5°C | 14.7°C | 22.6°C | 40 mm | 345 |
| August | 30.2°C | 14.5°C | 22.3°C | 53 mm | 305 |
| September | 25.1°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 170 mm | 247 |
| October | 19.6°C | 8.8°C | 14.2°C | 227 mm | 176 |
| November | 14.3°C | 4.8°C | 9.5°C | 222 mm | 146 |
| December | 11.2°C | 2.1°C | 6.6°C | 155 mm | 137 |
| Year | 19.9°C | 7.5°C | 13.7°C | 1,495 mm | 2,705 |
Where Ganges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Vigan, 9.9 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, 45 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 Ganges’s climate
How warm does Ganges get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.5°C. About 111 days a year reach 25°C, more than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 51 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ganges get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ganges get?
About 1,495 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (227 mm) and July the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (45 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ganges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ganges, Le Vigan, 9.9 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 LE VIGAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ganges →
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.