Calce is among the driest of mainland French towns: 578 mm of rain a year
January mornings start at about 4.8°C. Seasons differ by 25°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 97% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from December to February, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Perpignan station, 9.9 km east.
A year in Calce at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Perpignan station.
What a year in Calce feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan.
About 578 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Perpignan
9 frosts and 109 days of 25°C a year
On about 9 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan: 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 Perpignan
Perpignan is 9.9 km east of Calce. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Calce itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Perpignan (66136001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 42 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 227 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Calce sits 185 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Calce to run about 1.2°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 Calce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calce | Perpignan | 29.5°C | 4.8°C | 578 mm |
| Baixas 4.5 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 6.7 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 7 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Baho 8.4 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 8.8 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Millas 8.8 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
Calce weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Perpignan station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 4.8°C | 8.7°C | 60 mm | 141 |
| February | 13.4°C | 5.0°C | 9.2°C | 41 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.4°C | 7.6°C | 12.0°C | 52 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.7°C | 9.7°C | 14.2°C | 66 mm | 220 |
| May | 22.3°C | 13.3°C | 17.8°C | 46 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.8°C | 17.2°C | 22.0°C | 24 mm | 268 |
| July | 29.5°C | 19.7°C | 24.6°C | 15 mm | 300 |
| August | 29.4°C | 19.7°C | 24.5°C | 23 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.6°C | 16.1°C | 20.9°C | 43 mm | 224 |
| October | 21.2°C | 12.9°C | 17.0°C | 82 mm | 175 |
| November | 16.3°C | 8.4°C | 12.3°C | 73 mm | 147 |
| December | 13.3°C | 5.3°C | 9.3°C | 55 mm | 131 |
| Year | 20.5°C | 11.6°C | 16.0°C | 578 mm | 2,489 |
Where Calce’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Perpignan, 9.9 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Perpignan, 9.9 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 Calce’s climate
How warm does Calce get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.5°C. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, more than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Calce get in winter?
January nights average 4.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 9 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Calce get?
About 578 mm a year, less than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (82 mm) and July the driest (15 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (9.9 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Calce itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Calce, Perpignan, 9.9 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 PERPIGNAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Calce →
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