Summer warmth: Péchaudier logs more 25-degree days than 90% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 3.2°C. May is the wettest month, August the driest. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 84% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 108 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Puylaurens station, 5.8 km north-east.
A year in Péchaudier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Puylaurens station.
What a year in Péchaudier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Puylaurens.
About 782 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and August the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th wettest of 27 towns of 2,500+ in Tarn.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Albi
25 frosts and 107 days of 25°C a year
On about 25 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 107 days a year reach 25°C, and 50 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Puylaurens: 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 Puylaurens
Puylaurens is 5.8 km north-east of Péchaudier. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Péchaudier itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Puylaurens (81219001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 312 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 209 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Albi, 43 km away |
Péchaudier sits 103 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Péchaudier to run about 0.7°C warmer than these figures.
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 Péchaudier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Péchaudier | Puylaurens | 29.2°C | 3.2°C | 782 mm |
| Puylaurens 6.4 km | same station | 29.2°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 782 mm |
| Revel 10 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.7°C colder | 896 mm |
| Sorèze 14 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.7°C colder | 896 mm |
| Soual 14 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.7°C colder | 896 mm |
| Caraman 16 km | Ségreville | 28.2°C 1°C cooler | 1.8°C 1.4°C colder | 748 mm |
| Saïx 19 km | Dourgne | 28.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.7°C colder | 896 mm |
Péchaudier weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Puylaurens station; sunshine at Albi.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C | 3.2°C | 6.4°C | 72 mm | 91 |
| February | 11.3°C | 3.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 mm | 120 |
| March | 15.3°C | 5.5°C | 10.4°C | 63 mm | 175 |
| April | 18.3°C | 7.8°C | 13.1°C | 88 mm | 188 |
| May | 22.2°C | 11.3°C | 16.8°C | 89 mm | 219 |
| June | 26.6°C | 14.8°C | 20.7°C | 61 mm | 247 |
| July | 29.2°C | 16.7°C | 22.9°C | 45 mm | 276 |
| August | 29.4°C | 16.7°C | 23.1°C | 45 mm | 263 |
| September | 25.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.5°C | 60 mm | 216 |
| October | 20.4°C | 11.1°C | 15.8°C | 61 mm | 156 |
| November | 13.5°C | 6.5°C | 10.0°C | 74 mm | 96 |
| December | 10.3°C | 4.0°C | 7.1°C | 70 mm | 88 |
| Year | 19.3°C | 9.6°C | 14.4°C | 782 mm | 2,134 |
Where Péchaudier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Puylaurens, 5.8 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Albi, 43 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 Péchaudier’s climate
How warm does Péchaudier get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.4°C. About 107 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 50 reach 30°C.
How cold does Péchaudier get in winter?
January nights average 3.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 25 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Péchaudier get?
About 782 mm a year, more than 56% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (89 mm) and August the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Albi (43 km away), averages 2,134 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Péchaudier itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Péchaudier, Puylaurens, 5.8 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 PUYLAURENS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Péchaudier →
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.