Few mainland French towns get more days of 25 degrees or more than Arles-sur-Tech
In January the night’s low is typically 3.4°C. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 95% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. Plan for rain on about 76 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Amélie-les-Bains station, 3.4 km north-east.
A year in Arles-sur-Tech at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Amélie-les-Bains station.
What a year in Arles-sur-Tech feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amélie-les-Bains.
About 894 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Perpignan
15 frosts and 129 days of 25°C a year
On about 15 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, and 58 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amélie-les-Bains: 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 Amélie-les-Bains
Amélie-les-Bains is 3.4 km north-east of Arles-sur-Tech. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arles-sur-Tech itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Amélie-les-Bains (66003001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 252 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 322 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 37 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 Arles-sur-Tech 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-Orientales.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arles-sur-Tech | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C | 3.4°C | 894 mm |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 4 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
| Céret 10 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 14 km | Le Perthus | 29.4°C 1°C cooler | 4.5°C 1.1°C milder | 850 mm |
| Le Boulou 18 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.8°C 1.4°C milder | 578 mm |
| Thuir 22 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.8°C 1.4°C milder | 578 mm |
| Ille-sur-Têt 24 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
Arles-sur-Tech weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Amélie-les-Bains station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C | 3.4°C | 9.2°C | 78 mm | 141 |
| February | 15.8°C | 3.7°C | 9.8°C | 53 mm | 164 |
| March | 18.2°C | 6.2°C | 12.2°C | 69 mm | 207 |
| April | 19.8°C | 8.3°C | 14.0°C | 93 mm | 220 |
| May | 23.0°C | 11.7°C | 17.3°C | 90 mm | 241 |
| June | 27.0°C | 15.3°C | 21.2°C | 65 mm | 268 |
| July | 30.4°C | 17.5°C | 24.0°C | 43 mm | 300 |
| August | 30.6°C | 17.7°C | 24.1°C | 60 mm | 273 |
| September | 27.1°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 71 mm | 224 |
| October | 23.3°C | 11.4°C | 17.3°C | 106 mm | 175 |
| November | 18.3°C | 6.9°C | 12.6°C | 93 mm | 147 |
| December | 15.6°C | 4.2°C | 9.9°C | 73 mm | 131 |
| Year | 22.0°C | 10.1°C | 16.0°C | 894 mm | 2,489 |
Where Arles-sur-Tech’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Amélie-les-Bains, 3.4 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, Perpignan, 37 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-Orientales.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arles-sur-Tech’s climate
How warm does Arles-sur-Tech get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.6°C. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 58 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arles-sur-Tech get in winter?
January nights average 3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 15 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arles-sur-Tech get?
About 894 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (37 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arles-sur-Tech itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains, 3.4 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 AMELIE-LES-BAINS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arles-sur-Tech →
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.