Carcassonne weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Carcassonne is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with June and August close behind. Carcassonne averages about 2,249 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,249
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 642 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 50k
- Elevation
- 127 m
When is the best time to visit Carcassonne?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Carcassonne is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (13/100, 63 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Carcassonne?
Carcassonne gets a moderate 2,249 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (86) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #18 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 642 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 63 mm | 1 |
| February | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| March | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| April | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| May | 81 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 61 mm | 5 |
| June | 85 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 39 mm | 7 |
| July | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| August | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| September | 84 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 45 mm | 5 |
| October | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 68 mm | 3 |
| November | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 1 |
| December | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 53 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Perpignan/Rivesaltes France · 70 km · best in Jun · 2,449 h sun/yr
- Toulouse/Blagnac France · 89 km · best in Jul · 2,220 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 140 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Girona Spain · 151 km · best in Jun · 2,702 h sun/yr
- Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées France · 188 km · best in Aug · 2,105 h sun/yr
- Barcelona Spain · 214 km · best in Jun · 2,700 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Castres France · 38 km · 2,250 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Béziers France · 86 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Seu d'Urgell Spain · 122 km · 2,481 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Rodez/Marcillac France · 133 km · 2,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Carcassonne compares month by month: Carcassonne vs Toulouse/Blagnac · Carcassonne vs Montpellier/Méditerranée · Carcassonne vs Perpignan/Rivesaltes · Carcassonne vs Girona · all comparisons
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