Hardly any mainland French towns wake to less frost than Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette
Midsummer highs settle at about 29.8°C. Rain follows the seasons: October brings about 4.9 times as much as July. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 91% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 80 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Soumont station, 11 km south.
A year in Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Soumont station.
What a year in Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soumont.
About 969 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Millau
11 frosts and 99 days of 25°C a year
On about 11 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 99 days a year reach 25°C, and 43 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soumont: 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 Soumont
Soumont is 11 km south of Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Soumont (34306001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south |
| Station altitude | 252 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 319 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Millau, 43 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 Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette | Soumont | 29.8°C | 4.3°C | 969 mm |
| Lodève 7.7 km | same station | 29.8°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 969 mm |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 21 km | same station | 29.8°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 969 mm |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 22 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C 0.7°C colder | 608 mm |
| Gignac 25 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.1°C 3.2°C colder | 870 mm |
| Bédarieux 25 km | Les Aires | 29.9°C about the same | 2.5°C 1.8°C colder | 1,112 mm |
| Aniane 25 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.1°C 3.2°C colder | 870 mm |
Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Soumont station; sunshine at Millau.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C | 4.3°C | 7.4°C | 89 mm | 98 |
| February | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 7.9°C | 60 mm | 129 |
| March | 15.1°C | 6.6°C | 10.8°C | 71 mm | 173 |
| April | 17.8°C | 8.7°C | 13.2°C | 89 mm | 187 |
| May | 21.9°C | 12.0°C | 16.9°C | 76 mm | 224 |
| June | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.2°C | 46 mm | 267 |
| July | 29.8°C | 18.2°C | 24.0°C | 30 mm | 301 |
| August | 29.5°C | 18.1°C | 23.8°C | 48 mm | 270 |
| September | 24.7°C | 14.8°C | 19.7°C | 103 mm | 212 |
| October | 19.4°C | 12.0°C | 15.7°C | 146 mm | 140 |
| November | 14.1°C | 7.8°C | 10.9°C | 116 mm | 98 |
| December | 11.1°C | 5.2°C | 8.2°C | 96 mm | 98 |
| Year | 19.4°C | 10.6°C | 15.0°C | 969 mm | 2,197 |
Where Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Soumont, 11 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, Millau, 43 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 Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette’s climate
How warm does Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.8°C. About 99 days a year reach 25°C, more than 88% of mainland French towns, and about 43 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette get in winter?
February nights average 4.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 11 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette get?
About 969 mm a year, more than 86% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (146 mm) and July the driest (30 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Millau (43 km away), averages 2,197 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette, Soumont, 11 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 SOUMONT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette →
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