Climate averages 1991–2020

Perpignan weather
in July.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 19.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 19 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Perpignan · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In July its highs average 27.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Perpignan, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 5th of 57 for the warmest July highs and joint 8th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Perpignan is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 30 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Perpignan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Perpignan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.1°C3.7°C3.7°C586.89.49 h
February 12.1°C3.9°C3.9°C435.210.511 h
March 15.4°C6.4°C6.4°C506.511.912 h
April 17.9°C8.9°C8.9°C628.313.413 h
May 21.5°C12.6°C12.6°C506.914.615 h
June 26.0°C16.6°C16.6°C264.715.315 h
July, selected 29.0°C19.3°C19.3°C193.615.015 h
August 28.9°C19.5°C19.5°C304.713.914 h
September 24.8°C16.2°C16.2°C555.912.513 h
October 20.1°C12.7°C12.7°C877.911.111 h
November 14.8°C7.9°C7.9°C677.29.810 h
December 11.6°C4.7°C4.7°C566.29.19 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Perpignan

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.