Photo: Max03200 · CC BY-SA 4.0Bellerive-sur-Allier has warmer summer afternoons than 74% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 1.6°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 60% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 119 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Vichy-Ville station, 2.9 km east.
A year in Bellerive-sur-Allier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vichy-Ville station.
What a year in Bellerive-sur-Allier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vichy-Ville.
About 800 mm of rain a year
August is the wettest month and February the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil
45 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 29 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vichy-Ville: 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 Vichy-Ville
Vichy-Ville is 2.9 km east of Bellerive-sur-Allier. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bellerive-sur-Allier itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vichy-Ville (03310001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 255 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 279 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 5.7 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 Bellerive-sur-Allier 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 Allier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive-sur-Allier | Vichy-Ville | 27.6°C | 1.6°C | 800 mm |
| Vichy 2.3 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 800 mm |
| Abrest 4.1 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 800 mm |
| Cusset 4.6 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 800 mm |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 5.2 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.1°C 1.5°C colder | 769 mm |
| Saint-Yorre 7.4 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 800 mm |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 10 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.1°C 1.5°C colder | 769 mm |
Bellerive-sur-Allier weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vichy-Ville station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | 1.6°C | 4.5°C | 53 mm | 72 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.4°C | 5.3°C | 43 mm | 97 |
| March | 14.0°C | 3.8°C | 8.9°C | 45 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.4°C | 6.3°C | 11.8°C | 68 mm | 181 |
| May | 21.3°C | 10.1°C | 15.7°C | 84 mm | 204 |
| June | 25.2°C | 13.6°C | 19.4°C | 76 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.6°C | 15.4°C | 21.5°C | 73 mm | 254 |
| August | 27.5°C | 15.0°C | 21.3°C | 84 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.9°C | 11.5°C | 17.2°C | 70 mm | 190 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.8°C | 13.2°C | 76 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.5°C | 4.6°C | 8.1°C | 74 mm | 80 |
| December | 8.1°C | 2.1°C | 5.1°C | 55 mm | 61 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 7.9°C | 12.7°C | 800 mm | 1,892 |
Where Bellerive-sur-Allier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vichy-Ville, 2.9 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, Vichy-Charmeil, 5.7 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 Allier.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bellerive-sur-Allier’s climate
How warm does Bellerive-sur-Allier get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.6°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 29 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bellerive-sur-Allier get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bellerive-sur-Allier get?
About 800 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. August is the wettest month (84 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (5.7 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bellerive-sur-Allier itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bellerive-sur-Allier, Vichy-Ville, 2.9 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 VICHY-VILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bellerive-sur-Allier →
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