Payrin-Augmontel gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 84% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.5°C on average. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 77% of mainland French towns. Of all months, May brings the most rain and July the least. Frost greets about 32 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Dourgne station, 18 km west.
A year in Payrin-Augmontel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dourgne station.
What a year in Payrin-Augmontel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dourgne.
About 896 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 27 towns of 2,500+ in Tarn.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carcassonne
32 frosts and 93 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 93 days a year reach 25°C, and 38 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dourgne: 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 Dourgne
Dourgne is 18 km west of Payrin-Augmontel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Payrin-Augmontel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dourgne (81081002) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 256 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 35 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 Payrin-Augmontel 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 Tarn.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payrin-Augmontel | Dourgne | 28.3°C | 2.5°C | 896 mm |
| Aussillon 2.7 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Aiguefonde 2.9 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Pont-de-Larn 3.6 km | Rouairoux | 27.8°C 0.5°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 1,653 mm |
| Mazamet 4.5 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Labruguière 7.1 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Castres 12 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
Payrin-Augmontel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dourgne station; sunshine at Carcassonne.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C | 2.5°C | 6.1°C | 78 mm | 95 |
| February | 11.2°C | 2.5°C | 6.8°C | 58 mm | 122 |
| March | 14.9°C | 4.8°C | 9.9°C | 66 mm | 174 |
| April | 17.7°C | 7.0°C | 12.3°C | 96 mm | 192 |
| May | 21.7°C | 10.6°C | 16.2°C | 101 mm | 220 |
| June | 25.9°C | 14.0°C | 19.9°C | 77 mm | 248 |
| July | 28.3°C | 15.8°C | 22.1°C | 50 mm | 283 |
| August | 28.7°C | 15.7°C | 22.2°C | 56 mm | 268 |
| September | 24.6°C | 12.7°C | 18.6°C | 73 mm | 216 |
| October | 19.7°C | 10.1°C | 14.9°C | 81 mm | 152 |
| November | 13.5°C | 5.9°C | 9.7°C | 84 mm | 105 |
| December | 10.4°C | 3.2°C | 6.8°C | 77 mm | 95 |
| Year | 18.9°C | 8.7°C | 13.8°C | 896 mm | 2,170 |
Where Payrin-Augmontel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dourgne, 18 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, Carcassonne, 35 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 Tarn.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Payrin-Augmontel’s climate
How warm does Payrin-Augmontel get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.7°C. About 93 days a year reach 25°C, more than 84% of mainland French towns, and about 38 reach 30°C.
How cold does Payrin-Augmontel get in winter?
January nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 32 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Payrin-Augmontel get?
About 896 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (101 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carcassonne (35 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Payrin-Augmontel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Payrin-Augmontel, Dourgne, 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 DOURGNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Payrin-Augmontel →
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.