Les Cluses is among the least frosty of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 29.4°C on average. Expect the heaviest rain in October and the lightest in July. Its July heat outdoes that of 89% of mainland French towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from April to June and September to October, with highs of 18–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Perthus station, 3 km south-east.
A year in Les Cluses at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Perthus station.
What a year in Les Cluses 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 3 km south-east of Les Cluses. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Cluses itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Perthus (66137003) |
| Distance from the town | 3 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 295 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 114 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 28 km away |
Les Cluses sits 181 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Les Cluses to run about 1.2°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 Les Cluses 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Cluses | Le Perthus | 29.4°C | 4.5°C | 850 mm |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 2.2 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 4.5°C about the same | 850 mm |
| Le Boulou 3.7 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Céret 6.8 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1°C warmer | 3.4°C 1.1°C colder | 894 mm |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines 9.4 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Sorède 11 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 13 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1°C warmer | 3.4°C 1.1°C colder | 894 mm |
Les Cluses 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 Les Cluses’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Perthus, 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, 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-Orientales.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Les Cluses’s climate
How warm does Les Cluses 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 Les Cluses 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 Les Cluses 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 (28 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Cluses itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Cluses, Le Perthus, 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 Les Cluses →
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.