Hardly any mainland French towns wake to less frost than Laroque-des-Albères
Expect July afternoons of about 29.4°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 89% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month here, with about 4.0 times the rain of July. The heating season runs December to February: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Perthus station, 8.3 km south-west.
A year in Laroque-des-Albères at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Perthus station.
What a year in Laroque-des-Albères feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Perthus.
About 850 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th 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 100 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 100 days a year reach 25°C, and 41 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Perthus: 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 Le Perthus
Le Perthus is 8.3 km south-west of Laroque-des-Albères. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Laroque-des-Albères itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Perthus (66137003) |
| Distance from the town | 8.3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 295 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 91 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 24 km away |
Laroque-des-Albères sits 204 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Laroque-des-Albères to run about 1.3°C warmer 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 Laroque-des-Albères 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laroque-des-Albères | Le Perthus | 29.4°C | 4.5°C | 850 mm |
| Sorède 2 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines 2.2 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Saint-André 4.3 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Palau-del-Vidre 5.7 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Argelès-sur-Mer 8.1 km | Torreilles | 28.6°C 0.8°C cooler | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Le Boulou 8.2 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
Laroque-des-Albères weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Perthus station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C | 4.5°C | 8.1°C | 76 mm | 141 |
| February | 12.7°C | 4.5°C | 8.6°C | 58 mm | 164 |
| March | 15.8°C | 6.9°C | 11.3°C | 72 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.2°C | 8.9°C | 13.5°C | 87 mm | 220 |
| May | 22.0°C | 12.2°C | 17.1°C | 74 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.3°C | 16.0°C | 21.1°C | 49 mm | 268 |
| July | 29.4°C | 18.4°C | 23.9°C | 28 mm | 300 |
| August | 29.5°C | 18.5°C | 24.0°C | 44 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.2°C | 76 mm | 224 |
| October | 20.4°C | 12.2°C | 16.3°C | 111 mm | 175 |
| November | 15.2°C | 7.9°C | 11.5°C | 100 mm | 147 |
| December | 12.3°C | 5.2°C | 8.8°C | 76 mm | 131 |
| Year | 19.9°C | 10.9°C | 15.4°C | 850 mm | 2,489 |
Where Laroque-des-Albères’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Perthus, 8.3 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, 24 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 Laroque-des-Albères’s climate
How warm does Laroque-des-Albères get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.5°C. About 100 days a year reach 25°C, more than 88% of mainland French towns, and about 41 reach 30°C.
How cold does Laroque-des-Albères get in winter?
January nights average 4.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 9 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Laroque-des-Albères get?
About 850 mm a year, more than 70% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (111 mm) and July the driest (28 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (24 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Laroque-des-Albères itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Laroque-des-Albères, Le Perthus, 8.3 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 LE PERTHUS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Laroque-des-Albères →
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.