Saint-Avit gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 84% of mainland French towns
January nights here settle around 2.5°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 77% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in May and eases off in July. If you like long walks, May, June, September and October offer highs of 20–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Dourgne station, 3.6 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Avit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dourgne station.
What a year in Saint-Avit 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 3.6 km south-east of Saint-Avit. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Avit itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dourgne (81081002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 208 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carcassonne, 37 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-Avit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit | Dourgne | 28.3°C | 2.5°C | 896 mm |
| Soual 4.2 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Saïx 8.7 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Sorèze 8.8 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Puylaurens 10 km | Puylaurens | 29.2°C 0.9°C warmer | 3.2°C 0.7°C milder | 782 mm |
| Revel 11 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Labruguière 12 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 896 mm |
Saint-Avit 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 Saint-Avit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dourgne, 3.6 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, 37 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 Saint-Avit’s climate
How warm does Saint-Avit 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 Saint-Avit 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 Saint-Avit 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 (37 km away), averages 2,170 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Avit itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Avit, Dourgne, 3.6 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 Saint-Avit →
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.