Winter nights in Bessay-sur-Allier are colder than in 78% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.3°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 26°C. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 55 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Montbeugny station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Bessay-sur-Allier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montbeugny station.
What a year in Bessay-sur-Allier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montbeugny.
About 754 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil
A frosty town: 55 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montbeugny: 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 Montbeugny
Montbeugny is 11 km north-east of Bessay-sur-Allier. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bessay-sur-Allier itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montbeugny (03180001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 275 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 226 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 31 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 Bessay-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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessay-sur-Allier | Montbeugny | 26.3°C | 0.7°C | 754 mm |
| Yzeure 13 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Moulins 13 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 14 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 16 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Avermes 17 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 26 km | Diou | 27.2°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
Bessay-sur-Allier weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montbeugny station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C | 0.7°C | 3.8°C | 51 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.4°C | 0.7°C | 4.6°C | 44 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 47 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.1°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 64 mm | 181 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 82 mm | 204 |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.5°C | 18.2°C | 68 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.3°C | 20.3°C | 62 mm | 254 |
| August | 26.4°C | 14.1°C | 20.3°C | 64 mm | 245 |
| September | 21.9°C | 10.6°C | 16.2°C | 67 mm | 190 |
| October | 16.8°C | 7.9°C | 12.3°C | 70 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.9°C | 3.8°C | 7.4°C | 77 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.5°C | 1.3°C | 4.4°C | 60 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 6.9°C | 11.7°C | 754 mm | 1,892 |
Where Bessay-sur-Allier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montbeugny, 11 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, 31 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 Bessay-sur-Allier’s climate
How warm does Bessay-sur-Allier get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 53% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bessay-sur-Allier get in winter?
January nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bessay-sur-Allier get?
About 754 mm a year, less than 50% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (31 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bessay-sur-Allier itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bessay-sur-Allier, Montbeugny, 11 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 MONTBEUGNY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bessay-sur-Allier →
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