Hardly any mainland French towns log more warm days than Saint-Sériès
January nights here settle around 2.1°C. Seasons differ by 29°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 66% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 68 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Verargues station, 1.4 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Sériès at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Verargues station.
What a year in Saint-Sériès feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Verargues.
About 749 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 24th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Hérault.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport
35 frosts and 129 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, and 65 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Verargues: 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 Verargues
Verargues is 1.4 km south-west of Saint-Sériès. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Sériès itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Verargues (34330001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.4 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 56 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 36 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 21 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 Saint-Sériès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sériès | Verargues | 31.5°C | 2.1°C | 749 mm |
| Aubais 4.3 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 749 mm |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 5.4 km | Gallargues-le-Montueux | 31.6°C about the same | 2.7°C 0.6°C milder | 675 mm |
| Restinclières 5.6 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 749 mm |
| Aigues-Vives 5.8 km | Gallargues-le-Montueux | 31.6°C about the same | 2.7°C 0.6°C milder | 675 mm |
| Sommières 5.9 km | Villevieille | 31.5°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 761 mm |
| Lunel-Viel 6.2 km | Gallargues-le-Montueux | 31.6°C about the same | 2.7°C 0.6°C milder | 675 mm |
Saint-Sériès weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Verargues station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C | 2.1°C | 7.1°C | 64 mm | 146 |
| February | 13.4°C | 2.1°C | 7.8°C | 40 mm | 170 |
| March | 17.1°C | 5.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 mm | 219 |
| April | 19.8°C | 7.6°C | 13.7°C | 71 mm | 229 |
| May | 24.1°C | 11.2°C | 17.6°C | 53 mm | 271 |
| June | 28.5°C | 14.6°C | 21.6°C | 34 mm | 316 |
| July | 31.5°C | 17.0°C | 24.2°C | 20 mm | 345 |
| August | 31.4°C | 16.8°C | 24.1°C | 44 mm | 305 |
| September | 26.5°C | 13.4°C | 20.0°C | 109 mm | 247 |
| October | 21.3°C | 10.7°C | 16.0°C | 102 mm | 176 |
| November | 15.8°C | 6.0°C | 10.9°C | 101 mm | 146 |
| December | 12.5°C | 2.9°C | 7.7°C | 65 mm | 137 |
| Year | 21.2°C | 9.1°C | 15.1°C | 749 mm | 2,705 |
Where Saint-Sériès’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Verargues, 1.4 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, 21 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 Saint-Sériès’s climate
How warm does Saint-Sériès get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.5°C. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 65 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Sériès get in winter?
January nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Sériès get?
About 749 mm a year, less than 51% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (109 mm) and July the driest (20 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montpellier-Aéroport (21 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Sériès itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Sériès, Verargues, 1.4 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 VERARGUES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Sériès →
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