Rainfall in Rousses tops that of 92% of mainland French towns: 1,117 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −0.2°C. About 69 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 91% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month, July the driest. The outdoor season, with highs of 22–25°C, runs through June and September.
Figures from Météo-France’s Florac station, 12 km north.
A year in Rousses at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Florac station.
What a year in Rousses feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Florac.
About 1,117 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mende
A frosty town: 69 frosts and 77 days of 25°C a year
On about 69 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Florac: 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 Florac
Florac is 12 km north of Rousses. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rousses itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Florac (48061002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 618 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 762 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 0.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Mende, 38 km away |
Rousses sits 144 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Rousses to run about 0.9°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 Rousses 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousses | Florac | 27.7°C | −0.2°C | 1,117 mm |
| Le Vigan 24 km | Le Vigan | 30.5°C 2.8°C warmer | 1.5°C 1.7°C milder | 1,495 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 27 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C 3°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.3°C milder | 1,438 mm |
Rousses weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Florac station; sunshine at Mende.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | −0.2°C | 3.6°C | 101 mm | 95 |
| February | 9.1°C | −0.7°C | 4.2°C | 71 mm | 120 |
| March | 13.1°C | 1.7°C | 7.4°C | 74 mm | 170 |
| April | 16.0°C | 4.1°C | 10.0°C | 109 mm | 185 |
| May | 20.2°C | 7.6°C | 13.9°C | 98 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.7°C | 10.7°C | 17.7°C | 65 mm | 254 |
| July | 27.7°C | 12.5°C | 20.1°C | 51 mm | 293 |
| August | 27.6°C | 12.2°C | 19.9°C | 54 mm | 281 |
| September | 22.4°C | 9.1°C | 15.8°C | 111 mm | 210 |
| October | 16.8°C | 7.2°C | 12.0°C | 132 mm | 150 |
| November | 11.1°C | 3.3°C | 7.2°C | 148 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.6°C | 0.5°C | 4.0°C | 104 mm | 98 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 1,117 mm | 2,157 |
Where Rousses’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Florac, 12 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, 38 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 Rousses’s climate
How warm does Rousses get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.7°C. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rousses get in winter?
February nights average −0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 69 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rousses get?
About 1,117 mm a year, more than 92% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (148 mm) and July the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mende (38 km away), averages 2,157 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rousses itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rousses, Florac, 12 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 FLORAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rousses →
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