Castres weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Castres is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with August and June close behind. Castres averages about 2,250 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 34 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,250
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 664 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈10 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 47k
- Elevation
- 224 m
When is the best time to visit Castres?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Castres is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 65 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Castres?
Castres gets a moderate 2,250 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate July (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 664 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 | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| March | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| April | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| May | 80 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| June | 84 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 43 mm | 7 |
| July | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 34 mm | 7 |
| August | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| September | 83 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 47 mm | 5 |
| October | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 66 mm | 3 |
| November | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 5° / 41°F | 71 mm | 1 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 59 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Carcassonne France · 38 km · best in Jul · 2,249 h sun/yr
- Toulouse/Blagnac France · 75 km · best in Jul · 2,220 h sun/yr
- Perpignan/Rivesaltes France · 102 km · best in Jun · 2,449 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 135 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Girona Spain · 188 km · best in Jun · 2,702 h sun/yr
- Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées France · 190 km · best in Aug · 2,105 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Béziers France · 90 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Rodez/Marcillac France · 96 km · 2,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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