Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Barre-des-Cévennes: 1,511 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −1.3°C. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Frosty nights outnumber those of 95% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 83 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bassurels station, 5.7 km south.
A year in Barre-des-Cévennes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bassurels station.
What a year in Barre-des-Cévennes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bassurels.
About 1,511 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mende
A frosty town: 83 frosts and 34 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bassurels: 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 Bassurels
Bassurels is 5.7 km south of Barre-des-Cévennes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Barre-des-Cévennes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bassurels (48020003) |
| Distance from the town | 5.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 1,042 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 957 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mende, 36 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 Barre-des-Cévennes 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 Lozère.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barre-des-Cévennes | Bassurels | 23.5°C | −1.3°C | 1,511 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 24 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C 7.2°C warmer | 1.1°C 2.4°C milder | 1,438 mm |
| Le Vigan 29 km | Le Vigan | 30.5°C 7°C warmer | 1.5°C 2.8°C milder | 1,495 mm |
Barre-des-Cévennes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bassurels station; sunshine at Mende.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C | −1.3°C | 1.6°C | 118 mm | 95 |
| February | 5.4°C | −1.7°C | 1.9°C | 86 mm | 120 |
| March | 9.1°C | 0.8°C | 4.9°C | 94 mm | 170 |
| April | 11.8°C | 2.9°C | 7.4°C | 142 mm | 185 |
| May | 15.8°C | 6.5°C | 11.2°C | 124 mm | 213 |
| June | 20.4°C | 10.1°C | 15.2°C | 73 mm | 254 |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.2°C | 17.9°C | 46 mm | 293 |
| August | 23.5°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 54 mm | 281 |
| September | 18.4°C | 9.0°C | 13.7°C | 156 mm | 210 |
| October | 13.3°C | 6.2°C | 9.7°C | 234 mm | 150 |
| November | 8.0°C | 2.0°C | 5.0°C | 242 mm | 88 |
| December | 5.3°C | −0.3°C | 2.5°C | 144 mm | 98 |
| Year | 13.3°C | 4.9°C | 9.1°C | 1,511 mm | 2,157 |
Where Barre-des-Cévennes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bassurels, 5.7 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, Mende, 36 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 Lozère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Barre-des-Cévennes’s climate
How warm does Barre-des-Cévennes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Barre-des-Cévennes get in winter?
February nights average −1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Barre-des-Cévennes get?
About 1,511 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (242 mm) and July the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mende (36 km away), averages 2,157 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Barre-des-Cévennes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Barre-des-Cévennes, Bassurels, 5.7 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 BASSURELS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Barre-des-Cévennes →
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