Villeneuvette sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for frosts
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 29.8°C. Winter and summer sit 26°C apart. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 91% of mainland French towns. Garden chairs stay out from April to June and September to October, the months with highs of 18–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Soumont station, 11 km north.
A year in Villeneuvette at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Soumont station.
What a year in Villeneuvette 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 Montpellier-Aéroport
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 north of Villeneuvette. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Villeneuvette itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Soumont (34306001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north |
| Station altitude | 252 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 135 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 10 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montpellier-Aéroport, 46 km away |
Villeneuvette sits 117 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Villeneuvette to run about 0.8°C warmer than these figures.
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 Villeneuvette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuvette | Soumont | 29.8°C | 4.3°C | 969 mm |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 3 km | same station | 29.8°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 969 mm |
| Canet 7.1 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C 0.7°C colder | 608 mm |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 9.2 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C 0.7°C colder | 608 mm |
| Paulhan 9.3 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C 0.7°C colder | 608 mm |
| Caux 12 km | Pezenas-Tourbes | 30.0°C about the same | 3.6°C 0.7°C colder | 608 mm |
| Gignac 13 km | Prades-le-Lez | 31.6°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.1°C 3.2°C colder | 870 mm |
Villeneuvette weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Soumont station; sunshine at Montpellier-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C | 4.3°C | 7.4°C | 89 mm | 146 |
| February | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 7.9°C | 60 mm | 170 |
| March | 15.1°C | 6.6°C | 10.8°C | 71 mm | 219 |
| April | 17.8°C | 8.7°C | 13.2°C | 89 mm | 229 |
| May | 21.9°C | 12.0°C | 16.9°C | 76 mm | 271 |
| June | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.2°C | 46 mm | 316 |
| July | 29.8°C | 18.2°C | 24.0°C | 30 mm | 345 |
| August | 29.5°C | 18.1°C | 23.8°C | 48 mm | 305 |
| September | 24.7°C | 14.8°C | 19.7°C | 103 mm | 247 |
| October | 19.4°C | 12.0°C | 15.7°C | 146 mm | 176 |
| November | 14.1°C | 7.8°C | 10.9°C | 116 mm | 146 |
| December | 11.1°C | 5.2°C | 8.2°C | 96 mm | 137 |
| Year | 19.4°C | 10.6°C | 15.0°C | 969 mm | 2,705 |
Where Villeneuvette’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, Montpellier-Aéroport, 46 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 Villeneuvette’s climate
How warm does Villeneuvette 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 Villeneuvette 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 Villeneuvette 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, Montpellier-Aéroport (46 km away), averages 2,705 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Villeneuvette itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Villeneuvette, 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 Villeneuvette →
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