Best time to visit Perpignan

The best time to visit Perpignan is April–June and September–October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Perpignan, Occitanie, France

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January12.1 °C / 54 °F5 °C / 41 °F51 mm / 2 ingood month
February13.4 °C / 56 °F5.6 °C / 42 °F37 mm / 1.5 ingood month
March15.8 °C / 60 °F7.8 °C / 46 °F60 mm / 2.4 ingood month
April18.9 °C / 66 °F10.2 °C / 50 °F62 mm / 2.4 inbest month
May22.3 °C / 72 °F13.6 °C / 56 °F44 mm / 1.7 inbest month
June27.4 °C / 81 °F18 °C / 64 °F24 mm / 0.9 inbest month
July30.1 °C / 86 °F20.4 °C / 69 °F20 mm / 0.8 ingood month
August29.9 °C / 86 °F20 °C / 68 °F28 mm / 1.1 ingood month
September26.1 °C / 79 °F16.9 °C / 62 °F44 mm / 1.7 inbest month
October21.8 °C / 71 °F13.7 °C / 57 °F69 mm / 2.7 inbest month
November16.1 °C / 61 °F9.3 °C / 49 °F62 mm / 2.5 ingood month
December12.9 °C / 55 °F6.1 °C / 43 °F44 mm / 1.7 ingood month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: good
  2. FFebruary: good
  3. MMarch: good
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: good
Best
April–June, September–October
Good
July–August, November–March
Why these months
  • January · good

    In its favour: precipitation 51 mm / 2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 79%, wet days 6.1 days, days with heavy rain 1.4 days, relative humidity 73%, average daily low 5 °C / 41 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.6 °C / 47 °F, average daily high 12.1 °C / 54 °F.

  • February · good

    In its favour: precipitation 37 mm / 1.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, wet days 5.6 days, days with heavy rain 0.9 days, average daily high 13.4 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 70%, average daily low 5.6 °C / 42 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 9.7 °C / 49 °F.

  • March · good

    In its favour: precipitation 60 mm / 2.4 in, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, average daily high 15.8 °C / 60 °F, feels like (high) 12.5 °C / 55 °F, days with heavy rain 1.7 days, wet days 8.2 days, relative humidity 67%, average daily low 7.8 °C / 46 °F.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.6 °C / 62 °F, average daily high 18.9 °C / 66 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 84%, precipitation 62 mm / 2.4 in, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, wet days 8.1 days, average daily low 10.2 °C / 50 °F, relative humidity 66%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.9 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 22.3 °C / 72 °F, precipitation 44 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, wet days 7 days, average daily low 13.6 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 64%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.4 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 24 mm / 0.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, average daily high 27.4 °C / 81 °F, wet days 5.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.5 days, average daily low 18 °C / 64 °F, relative humidity 60%.

  • July · good

    In its favour: precipitation 20 mm / 0.8 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 4 days, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, relative humidity 56%, average daily low 20.4 °C / 69 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 30.7 °C / 87 °F, average daily high 30.1 °C / 86 °F.

  • August · good

    In its favour: precipitation 28 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, feels like (high) 30.4 °C / 87 °F, wet days 4.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, relative humidity 58%, average daily low 20 °C / 68 °F.

    Against: average daily high 29.9 °C / 86 °F.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 25.3 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 44 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, average daily high 26.1 °C / 79 °F, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, wet days 6.3 days, average daily low 16.9 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 64%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.3 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 21.8 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, precipitation 69 mm / 2.7 in, wet days 6.8 days, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, average daily low 13.7 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 72%.

  • November · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 79%, precipitation 62 mm / 2.5 in, feels like (high) 13.4 °C / 56 °F, average daily high 16.1 °C / 61 °F, days with heavy rain 1.5 days, wet days 7.3 days, average daily low 9.3 °C / 49 °F, relative humidity 74%.

  • December · good

    In its favour: precipitation 44 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 80%, wet days 5.5 days, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, average daily low 6.1 °C / 43 °F, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: feels like (high) 9.9 °C / 50 °F, average daily high 12.9 °C / 55 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Estació d'esquí i muntanya Vallter 2000, 61 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 8.6 °C9.7 °C12.5 °C16.6 °C20.9 °C27.4 °C30.7 °C30.4 °C25.3 °C20.3 °C13.4 °C9.9 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.4 days0.9 days1.7 days1.6 days1.1 days0.5 days0.6 days0.8 days1.1 days1.6 days1.5 days1.1 days
Time rain usually falls 8 am8 pm5 pm9 pm5 pm5 pm7 pm4 pm5 pm8 am3 pm3 pm
Sunshine per day 7.4 h8.7 h9.9 h11.3 h12.5 h13.4 h13.5 h12.7 h10.7 h9.2 h7.7 h7.3 h
Relative humidity 73%70%67%66%64%60%56%58%64%72%74%76%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20255.8 µg/m³7.5 µg/m³7.8 µg/m³6.7 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³7.6 µg/m³8.5 µg/m³6.1 µg/m³6.8 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³6.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20259.5 µg/m³11.3 µg/m³12.5 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³11.1 µg/m³15.5 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³12.7 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³10.2 µg/m³8.2 µg/m³9.9 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).