Few mainland French towns get less rain than Saint-Arnac: 540 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 0.7°C. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 89% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Plan time outside for May, June and September, when highs sit at 22–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Eus station, 18 km south.
A year in Saint-Arnac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Eus station.
What a year in Saint-Arnac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Eus.
About 540 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 14 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 51st wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Perpignan
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 103 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 103 days a year reach 25°C, and 31 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Eus: 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 Eus
Eus is 18 km south of Saint-Arnac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Arnac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Eus (66074002) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 321 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 296 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 28 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 Saint-Arnac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arnac | Eus | 28.9°C | 0.7°C | 540 mm |
| Ille-sur-Têt 14 km | Amélie-les-Bains | 30.4°C 1.5°C warmer | 3.4°C 2.7°C milder | 894 mm |
| Millas 17 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Prades 20 km | same station | 28.9°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 540 mm |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 21 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 22 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
| Baixas 23 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 4.8°C 4.1°C milder | 578 mm |
Saint-Arnac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Eus station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 0.7°C | 6.7°C | 55 mm | 141 |
| February | 13.7°C | 1.1°C | 7.4°C | 33 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.4°C | 3.3°C | 9.9°C | 46 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.8°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 57 mm | 220 |
| May | 22.0°C | 9.0°C | 15.5°C | 51 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.4°C | 12.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 mm | 268 |
| July | 28.9°C | 14.3°C | 21.6°C | 30 mm | 300 |
| August | 28.6°C | 14.1°C | 21.3°C | 34 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.1°C | 10.7°C | 17.9°C | 41 mm | 224 |
| October | 21.2°C | 7.8°C | 14.5°C | 46 mm | 175 |
| November | 16.1°C | 3.4°C | 9.8°C | 66 mm | 147 |
| December | 13.2°C | 0.8°C | 7.0°C | 48 mm | 131 |
| Year | 20.3°C | 6.9°C | 13.6°C | 540 mm | 2,489 |
Where Saint-Arnac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Eus, 18 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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 Saint-Arnac’s climate
How warm does Saint-Arnac get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.9°C. About 103 days a year reach 25°C, more than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 31 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Arnac get in winter?
January nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Arnac get?
About 540 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (66 mm) and July the driest (30 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 Saint-Arnac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Arnac, Eus, 18 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 EUS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Arnac →
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