Warm afternoons come to Catus more often than to 87% of mainland French towns
Nights in January average 2.0°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 27°C apart. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 65% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Anglars station, 13 km south-west.
A year in Catus at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Anglars station.
What a year in Catus feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Anglars.
About 823 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 8 towns of 2,500+ in Lot.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Gourdon
47 frosts and 98 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, and 38 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Anglars: 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 Anglars
Anglars is 13 km south-west of Catus. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Catus itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Anglars (46005001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 104 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 212 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Gourdon, 21 km away |
Catus sits 108 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Catus to run about 0.7°C cooler 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 Catus 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 Lot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catus | Anglars | 28.4°C | 2.0°C | 823 mm |
| Pradines 11 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Prayssac 13 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Cahors 14 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Gourdon 20 km | Gourdon | 27.6°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
Catus weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Anglars station; sunshine at Gourdon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C | 2.0°C | 6.0°C | 76 mm | 92 |
| February | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 59 mm | 120 |
| March | 15.9°C | 3.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 mm | 170 |
| April | 18.6°C | 6.2°C | 12.4°C | 78 mm | 181 |
| May | 22.4°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 77 mm | 214 |
| June | 26.0°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 67 mm | 242 |
| July | 28.4°C | 14.7°C | 21.5°C | 55 mm | 265 |
| August | 28.6°C | 14.5°C | 21.5°C | 57 mm | 252 |
| September | 24.9°C | 11.2°C | 18.1°C | 66 mm | 209 |
| October | 20.2°C | 9.0°C | 14.6°C | 68 mm | 149 |
| November | 13.9°C | 4.9°C | 9.4°C | 80 mm | 95 |
| December | 10.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.5°C | 77 mm | 90 |
| Year | 19.3°C | 7.8°C | 13.5°C | 823 mm | 2,076 |
Where Catus’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Anglars, 13 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, Gourdon, 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 Lot.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Catus’s climate
How warm does Catus get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, more than 87% of mainland French towns, and about 38 reach 30°C.
How cold does Catus get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Catus get?
About 823 mm a year, more than 65% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Gourdon (21 km away), averages 2,076 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Catus itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Catus, Anglars, 13 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 ANGLARS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Catus →
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.