Summer warmth: Corbère-Abères logs more 25-degree days than 85% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 1.1°C. Only 27°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. It is the driest of its 6 nearest neighbors. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to February, which average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Maubourguet station, 11 km east.
A year in Corbère-Abères at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maubourguet station.
What a year in Corbère-Abères feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maubourguet.
About 904 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 46th wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Pau-Uzein
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 96 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, and 35 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maubourguet: 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 Maubourguet
Maubourguet is 11 km east of Corbère-Abères. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Corbère-Abères itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maubourguet (65304001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 177 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 230 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Pau-Uzein, 28 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 Corbère-Abères 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbère-Abères | Maubourguet | 27.9°C | 1.1°C | 904 mm |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 15 km | Vic-en-Bigorre | 26.6°C 1.3°C cooler | 0.8°C about the same | 937 mm |
| Morlaàs 20 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 2°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.3°C milder | 1,094 mm |
| Serres-Castet 25 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 2°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.3°C milder | 1,094 mm |
| Sauvagnon 25 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 2°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.3°C milder | 1,094 mm |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 26 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 2.7°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Idron 26 km | Monein | 26.6°C 1.3°C cooler | 3.6°C 2.5°C milder | 1,229 mm |
Corbère-Abères weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maubourguet station; sunshine at Pau-Uzein.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 87 mm | 101 |
| February | 12.4°C | 1.3°C | 6.8°C | 70 mm | 122 |
| March | 15.9°C | 4.0°C | 10.0°C | 75 mm | 164 |
| April | 18.3°C | 6.6°C | 12.5°C | 87 mm | 167 |
| May | 22.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 89 mm | 186 |
| June | 25.7°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 70 mm | 196 |
| July | 27.9°C | 15.2°C | 21.5°C | 59 mm | 213 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.0°C | 21.6°C | 56 mm | 211 |
| September | 25.2°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 62 mm | 193 |
| October | 20.6°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 68 mm | 150 |
| November | 14.4°C | 4.0°C | 9.2°C | 100 mm | 107 |
| December | 11.4°C | 1.5°C | 6.4°C | 82 mm | 99 |
| Year | 19.4°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 904 mm | 1,910 |
Where Corbère-Abères’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maubourguet, 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, Pau-Uzein, 28 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 Corbère-Abères’s climate
How warm does Corbère-Abères get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 96 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 35 reach 30°C.
How cold does Corbère-Abères get in winter?
January nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Corbère-Abères get?
About 904 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (100 mm) and August the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Pau-Uzein (28 km away), averages 1,910 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Corbère-Abères itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Corbère-Abères, Maubourguet, 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 MAUBOURGUET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Corbère-Abères →
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.