Hardly any mainland French towns wake to less frost than Llauro
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 29.4°C. October is the wettest month here, with about 4.0 times the rain of July. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 89% of mainland French towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from April to June and September to October brings highs of 18–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Perthus station, 13 km south-east.
A year in Llauro at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Perthus station.
What a year in Llauro 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 13 km south-east of Llauro. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Llauro itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Perthus (66137003) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 295 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 362 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 23 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 Llauro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llauro | Le Perthus | 29.4°C | 4.5°C | 850 mm |
| Céret 6.6 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1°C warmer | 3.4°C 1.1°C colder | 894 mm |
| Le Boulou 8 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 8.4 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 4.5°C about the same | 850 mm |
| Thuir 9.2 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 9.7 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1°C warmer | 3.4°C 1.1°C colder | 894 mm |
| Ponteilla 11 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
Llauro 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 Llauro’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Perthus, 13 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, 23 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 Llauro’s climate
How warm does Llauro 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 Llauro 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 Llauro 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 (23 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Llauro itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Llauro, Le Perthus, 13 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 Llauro →
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