Summer warmth: Moncaup logs more 25-degree days than 85% of mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 1.1°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 78% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 51 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Maubourguet station, 7.9 km east.
A year in Moncaup at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maubourguet station.
What a year in Moncaup 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
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 7.9 km east of Moncaup. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Moncaup itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maubourguet (65304001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 177 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 279 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
Moncaup sits 102 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Moncaup 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 Moncaup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncaup | Maubourguet | 27.9°C | 1.1°C | 904 mm |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 14 km | Vic-en-Bigorre | 26.6°C 1.3°C cooler | 0.8°C about the same | 937 mm |
| Morlaàs 23 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 |
| Ibos 28 km | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees | 25.2°C 2.7°C cooler | 1.1°C about the same | 1,081 mm |
| Serres-Castet 28 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 2°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.3°C milder | 1,094 mm |
| Sauvagnon 28 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 2°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.3°C milder | 1,094 mm |
Moncaup weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maubourguet station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 87 mm |
| February | 12.4°C | 1.3°C | 6.8°C | 70 mm |
| March | 15.9°C | 4.0°C | 10.0°C | 75 mm |
| April | 18.3°C | 6.6°C | 12.5°C | 87 mm |
| May | 22.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 89 mm |
| June | 25.7°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 70 mm |
| July | 27.9°C | 15.2°C | 21.5°C | 59 mm |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.0°C | 21.6°C | 56 mm |
| September | 25.2°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 62 mm |
| October | 20.6°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 68 mm |
| November | 14.4°C | 4.0°C | 9.2°C | 100 mm |
| December | 11.4°C | 1.5°C | 6.4°C | 82 mm |
| Year | 19.4°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 904 mm |
Where Moncaup’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maubourguet, 7.9 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.
- 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 Moncaup’s climate
How warm does Moncaup 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 Moncaup 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 Moncaup 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).
Are these figures for Moncaup itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Moncaup, Maubourguet, 7.9 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 Moncaup →
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.