Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Gignac
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 1.1°C on average. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 31°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 74% of mainland French towns. Frost greets about 53 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Prades-le-Lez station, 26 km east; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Gignac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Prades-le-Lez station.
What a year in Gignac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prades-le-Lez.
About 870 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th 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: 53 frosts and 125 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 125 days a year reach 25°C, and 61 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prades-le-Lez: 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 Prades-le-Lez
Prades-le-Lez is 26 km east of Gignac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gignac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Prades-le-Lez (34217001) |
| Distance from the town | 26 km east |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 61 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 34 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 Gignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gignac | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C | 1.1°C | 870 mm |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 3.8 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C 1.6°C cooler | 3.6°C 2.5°C milder | 608 mm |
| Aniane 4.5 km | same station | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 870 mm |
| Canet 7.2 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C 1.6°C cooler | 3.6°C 2.5°C milder | 608 mm |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 10 km | Soumont | 29.8°C 1.8°C cooler | 4.3°C 3.2°C milder | 969 mm |
| Montarnaud 12 km | same station | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 870 mm |
| Vailhauquès 14 km | same station | 31.6°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 870 mm |
Gignac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Prades-le-Lez station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C | 1.1°C | 6.6°C | 79 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.5°C | 1.1°C | 7.3°C | 52 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.9°C | 3.6°C | 10.3°C | 57 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.6°C | 6.7°C | 13.1°C | 75 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.7°C | 10.2°C | 16.9°C | 64 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.6°C | 13.7°C | 21.2°C | 45 mm | 316 |
| July | 31.6°C | 16.2°C | 23.9°C | 23 mm | 345 |
| August | 31.3°C | 16.0°C | 23.6°C | 45 mm | 305 |
| September | 26.3°C | 12.3°C | 19.3°C | 112 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.0°C | 9.8°C | 15.4°C | 128 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.7°C | 5.1°C | 10.4°C | 106 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.5°C | 2.0°C | 7.3°C | 84 mm | 137 |
| Year | 21.1°C | 8.2°C | 14.6°C | 870 mm | 2,705 |
Where Gignac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Prades-le-Lez, 26 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, 34 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 Gignac’s climate
How warm does Gignac get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.6°C. About 125 days a year reach 25°C, more than 98% of mainland French towns, and about 61 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gignac get in winter?
January nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gignac get?
About 870 mm a year, more than 74% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (128 mm) and July the driest (23 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (34 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gignac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gignac, Prades-le-Lez, 26 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 PRADES LE LEZ, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gignac →
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