Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Audaux: 1,323 mm a year
Nights in January average 2.3°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 26°C. Warm days come often: about 106 a year reach 25°C, more than in 90% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from December to February, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Gladie station, 12 km west.
A year in Audaux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Gladie station.
What a year in Audaux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Gladie.
About 1,323 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 49 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Pau-Uzein
38 frosts and 106 days of 25°C a year
On about 38 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Gladie: 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 Saint-Gladie
Saint-Gladie is 12 km west of Audaux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Audaux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Gladie (64480001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 73 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 109 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Pau-Uzein, 30 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 Audaux 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audaux | Saint-Gladie | 27.6°C | 2.3°C | 1,323 mm |
| Mourenx 13 km | Pomps | 27.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 1,062 mm |
| Orthez 14 km | Orthez | 26.7°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 1,212 mm |
| Salies-de-Béarn 16 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 1,323 mm |
| Mauléon-Licharre 17 km | Aïcirits | 26.5°C 1.1°C cooler | 3.0°C 0.7°C milder | 1,219 mm |
| Monein 18 km | Monein | 26.6°C 1°C cooler | 3.6°C 1.3°C milder | 1,229 mm |
| Artix 18 km | Pomps | 27.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 1,062 mm |
Audaux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Gladie station; sunshine at Pau-Uzein.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C | 2.3°C | 7.3°C | 129 mm | 101 |
| February | 13.6°C | 2.3°C | 7.9°C | 109 mm | 122 |
| March | 17.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.8°C | 100 mm | 164 |
| April | 19.1°C | 6.8°C | 13.0°C | 120 mm | 167 |
| May | 22.5°C | 10.5°C | 16.5°C | 115 mm | 186 |
| June | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 91 mm | 196 |
| July | 27.6°C | 15.6°C | 21.6°C | 73 mm | 213 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.5°C | 21.8°C | 71 mm | 211 |
| September | 25.3°C | 12.4°C | 18.9°C | 98 mm | 193 |
| October | 21.4°C | 9.6°C | 15.5°C | 116 mm | 150 |
| November | 15.6°C | 5.5°C | 10.6°C | 172 mm | 107 |
| December | 12.8°C | 3.0°C | 7.9°C | 131 mm | 99 |
| Year | 20.1°C | 8.5°C | 14.3°C | 1,323 mm | 1,910 |
Where Audaux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Gladie, 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, Pau-Uzein, 30 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Audaux’s climate
How warm does Audaux get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Audaux get in winter?
January nights average 2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 38 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Audaux get?
About 1,323 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (172 mm) and August the driest (71 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Pau-Uzein (30 km away), averages 1,910 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Audaux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Audaux, Saint-Gladie, 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 ST-GLADIE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Audaux →
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