Reynès sits near the top of mainland French towns for warm days
On a normal January night the air cools to about 3.4°C. Expect the heaviest rain in October and the lightest in July. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 95% of mainland French towns. Plan time outside from April to June and October, when highs sit at 20–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Amélie-les-Bains station, 4.3 km west.
A year in Reynès at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Amélie-les-Bains station.
What a year in Reynès 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 4.3 km west of Reynès. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Reynès itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Amélie-les-Bains (66003001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.3 km west |
| Station altitude | 252 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 166 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 30 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 Reynès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynès | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C | 3.4°C | 894 mm |
| Céret 2.8 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3.5 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 7.4 km | Le Perthus | 29.4°C 1°C cooler | 4.5°C 1.1°C milder | 850 mm |
| Arles-sur-Tech 7.5 km | same station | 30.4°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 894 mm |
| Le Boulou 11 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.8°C 1.4°C milder | 578 mm |
| Thuir 16 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.8°C 1.4°C milder | 578 mm |
Reynès 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 Reynès’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, 4.3 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, 30 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 Reynès’s climate
How warm does Reynès 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 Reynès 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 Reynès 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 (30 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Reynès itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Reynès, Amélie-les-Bains, 4.3 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 AMELIE-LES-BAINS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Reynès →
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.