Lignan-sur-Orb sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for rain, with 585 mm a year
July afternoons average 30.9°C. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 95% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 27°C. Frost greets about 23 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Béziers-Courtade station, 5.6 km south.
A year in Lignan-sur-Orb at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Béziers-Courtade station.
What a year in Lignan-sur-Orb feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Béziers-Courtade.
About 585 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 71st wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
23 frosts and 119 days of 25°C a year
On about 23 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 119 days a year reach 25°C, and 53 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Béziers-Courtade: 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 Béziers-Courtade
Béziers-Courtade is 5.6 km south of Lignan-sur-Orb. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lignan-sur-Orb itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Béziers-Courtade (34032002) |
| Distance from the town | 5.6 km south |
| Station altitude | 25 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 24 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 67 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 Lignan-sur-Orb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignan-sur-Orb | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C | 3.8°C | 585 mm |
| Maraussan 2.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3.8 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5.8 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Béziers 6.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 6.2 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Montady 6.3 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
Lignan-sur-Orb weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Béziers-Courtade station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C | 3.8°C | 8.0°C | 52 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.2°C | 3.6°C | 8.4°C | 51 mm | 170 |
| March | 16.6°C | 6.2°C | 11.4°C | 48 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.1°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 54 mm | 229 |
| May | 23.2°C | 12.1°C | 17.7°C | 48 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.0°C | 15.5°C | 21.8°C | 27 mm | 316 |
| July | 30.9°C | 17.9°C | 24.4°C | 19 mm | 345 |
| August | 30.6°C | 17.6°C | 24.1°C | 26 mm | 305 |
| September | 26.0°C | 14.1°C | 20.0°C | 61 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.0°C | 11.5°C | 16.3°C | 91 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.9°C | 7.3°C | 11.6°C | 63 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.5°C | 4.3°C | 8.4°C | 48 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.8°C | 10.2°C | 15.5°C | 585 mm | 2,705 |
Where Lignan-sur-Orb’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Béziers-Courtade, 5.6 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, 67 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 Lignan-sur-Orb’s climate
How warm does Lignan-sur-Orb get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.9°C. About 119 days a year reach 25°C, more than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 53 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lignan-sur-Orb get in winter?
February nights average 3.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 23 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lignan-sur-Orb get?
About 585 mm a year, less than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (91 mm) and July the driest (19 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (67 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lignan-sur-Orb itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lignan-sur-Orb, Béziers-Courtade, 5.6 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 BEZIERS-COURTADE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lignan-sur-Orb →
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