Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Sorède: 578 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 29.5°C on average. Only about 9 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 97% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in July. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 9 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Perpignan station, 24 km north.
A year in Sorède at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Perpignan station.
What a year in Sorède feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan.
About 578 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th 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 109 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 109 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan: 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 Perpignan
Perpignan is 24 km north of Sorède. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sorède itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Perpignan (66136001) |
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 42 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 83 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 10 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Sorède 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorède | Perpignan | 29.5°C | 4.8°C | 578 mm |
| Saint-André 2.6 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines 3.2 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Palau-del-Vidre 4.7 km | same station | 29.5°C about the same | 4.8°C about the same | 578 mm |
| Argelès-sur-Mer 6.1 km | Torreilles | 28.6°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.3°C 0.5°C colder | 555 mm |
| Elne 8.2 km | Torreilles | 28.6°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.3°C 0.5°C colder | 555 mm |
| Latour-Bas-Elne 9.4 km | Torreilles | 28.6°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.3°C 0.5°C colder | 555 mm |
Sorède weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Perpignan station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 4.8°C | 8.7°C | 60 mm | 141 |
| February | 13.4°C | 5.0°C | 9.2°C | 41 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.4°C | 7.6°C | 12.0°C | 52 mm | 207 |
| April | 18.7°C | 9.7°C | 14.2°C | 66 mm | 220 |
| May | 22.3°C | 13.3°C | 17.8°C | 46 mm | 241 |
| June | 26.8°C | 17.2°C | 22.0°C | 24 mm | 268 |
| July | 29.5°C | 19.7°C | 24.6°C | 15 mm | 300 |
| August | 29.4°C | 19.7°C | 24.5°C | 23 mm | 273 |
| September | 25.6°C | 16.1°C | 20.9°C | 43 mm | 224 |
| October | 21.2°C | 12.9°C | 17.0°C | 82 mm | 175 |
| November | 16.3°C | 8.4°C | 12.3°C | 73 mm | 147 |
| December | 13.3°C | 5.3°C | 9.3°C | 55 mm | 131 |
| Year | 20.5°C | 11.6°C | 16.0°C | 578 mm | 2,489 |
Where Sorède’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Perpignan, 24 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, 24 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 Sorède’s climate
How warm does Sorède get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.5°C. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, more than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sorède get in winter?
January nights average 4.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 9 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sorède get?
About 578 mm a year, less than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (82 mm) and July the driest (15 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Perpignan (24 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sorède itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sorède, Perpignan, 24 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 PERPIGNAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sorède →
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