Photo: Alan Mattingly · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Hippolyte is among the driest of mainland French towns: 555 mm of rain a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about 4.3°C. October is the wettest month, July the driest. Frost is rarer than in 95% of mainland French towns: about 15 nights a year drop below freezing. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 52 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Torreilles station, 3.5 km south.
A year in Saint-Hippolyte at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Torreilles station.
What a year in Saint-Hippolyte feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Torreilles.
About 555 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 30th 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 99 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 99 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Torreilles: 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 Torreilles
Torreilles is 3.5 km south of Saint-Hippolyte. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Hippolyte itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Torreilles (66212001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 7 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 3 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Perpignan, 9.2 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-Hippolyte 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-Hippolyte | Torreilles | 28.6°C | 4.3°C | 555 mm |
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque 2.7 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Claira 2.9 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Torreilles 4.4 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Le Barcarès 6.1 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Salses-le-Château 6.4 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 4.3°C about the same | 555 mm |
| Pia 6.5 km | Perpignan | 29.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 4.8°C 0.5°C milder | 578 mm |
Saint-Hippolyte weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Torreilles station; sunshine at Perpignan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 4.3°C | 8.5°C | 58 mm | 141 |
| February | 13.2°C | 4.5°C | 8.9°C | 39 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.1°C | 7.0°C | 11.6°C | 40 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.3°C | 9.1°C | 13.7°C | 50 mm | 220 |
| May | 21.7°C | 12.6°C | 17.1°C | 42 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.0°C | 16.5°C | 21.3°C | 22 mm | 268 |
| July | 28.6°C | 18.8°C | 23.7°C | 14 mm | 300 |
| August | 28.5°C | 18.7°C | 23.6°C | 25 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.0°C | 15.0°C | 20.0°C | 52 mm | 224 |
| October | 20.8°C | 12.1°C | 16.5°C | 88 mm | 175 |
| November | 16.2°C | 7.6°C | 11.9°C | 76 mm | 147 |
| December | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 50 mm | 131 |
| Year | 20.0°C | 10.9°C | 15.5°C | 555 mm | 2,489 |
Where Saint-Hippolyte’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Torreilles, 3.5 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, 9.2 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-Hippolyte’s climate
How warm does Saint-Hippolyte get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 99 days a year reach 25°C, more than 88% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Hippolyte get in winter?
January nights average 4.3°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 Saint-Hippolyte get?
About 555 mm a year, less than almost every mainland French town. October is the wettest month (88 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (9.2 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Hippolyte itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Hippolyte, Torreilles, 3.5 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 TORREILLES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Hippolyte →
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