Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Maraussan: 585 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 3.8°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 95% of mainland French towns. Frost greets about 23 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Béziers-Courtade station, 3.7 km south.
A year in Maraussan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Béziers-Courtade station.
What a year in Maraussan 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 3.7 km south of Maraussan. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Maraussan itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Béziers-Courtade (34032002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 25 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 38 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 69 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 Maraussan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maraussan | Béziers-Courtade | 30.9°C | 3.8°C | 585 mm |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 2.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Montady 4.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5.3 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 5.6 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Colombiers 6.2 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
| Béziers 6.2 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 3.8°C about the same | 585 mm |
Maraussan 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 Maraussan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Béziers-Courtade, 3.7 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, 69 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 Maraussan’s climate
How warm does Maraussan 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 Maraussan 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 Maraussan 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 (69 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Maraussan itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Maraussan, Béziers-Courtade, 3.7 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 Maraussan →
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.