Ice on the ground: Châtel-de-Neuvre sees more frosts than 91% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 27.4°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 71% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 28°C. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Paray-sous-Briailles station, 14 km south.
A year in Châtel-de-Neuvre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Paray-sous-Briailles station.
What a year in Châtel-de-Neuvre feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Paray-sous-Briailles.
About 745 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 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: 69 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 69 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Paray-sous-Briailles: 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 Paray-sous-Briailles
Paray-sous-Briailles is 14 km south of Châtel-de-Neuvre. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Châtel-de-Neuvre itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Paray-sous-Briailles (03204001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 245 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 229 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 28 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 Châtel-de-Neuvre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtel-de-Neuvre | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C | 0.3°C | 745 mm |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 12 km | same station | 27.4°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 13 km | same station | 27.4°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Moulins 17 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C about the same | 0.8°C 0.5°C milder | 796 mm |
| Yzeure 17 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C about the same | 0.8°C 0.5°C milder | 796 mm |
| Avermes 20 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C about the same | 0.8°C 0.5°C milder | 796 mm |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 25 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 769 mm |
Châtel-de-Neuvre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Paray-sous-Briailles station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 0.3°C | 3.9°C | 51 mm | 72 |
| February | 9.2°C | −0.1°C | 4.6°C | 37 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.8°C | 1.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.2°C | 4.1°C | 10.6°C | 60 mm | 181 |
| May | 21.1°C | 8.1°C | 14.6°C | 80 mm | 204 |
| June | 25.0°C | 11.6°C | 18.3°C | 68 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.4°C | 13.2°C | 20.3°C | 72 mm | 254 |
| August | 27.4°C | 12.9°C | 20.1°C | 74 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.8°C | 9.3°C | 16.1°C | 67 mm | 190 |
| October | 17.8°C | 7.0°C | 12.4°C | 65 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.7°C | 3.3°C | 7.5°C | 71 mm | 80 |
| December | 8.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.5°C | 54 mm | 61 |
| Year | 17.4°C | 6.0°C | 11.7°C | 745 mm | 1,892 |
Where Châtel-de-Neuvre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Paray-sous-Briailles, 14 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, 28 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 Châtel-de-Neuvre’s climate
How warm does Châtel-de-Neuvre get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Châtel-de-Neuvre get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 69 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Châtel-de-Neuvre get?
About 745 mm a year, less than 53% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (80 mm) and February the driest (37 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (28 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Châtel-de-Neuvre itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Châtel-de-Neuvre, Paray-sous-Briailles, 14 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 PARAY-SOUS-BRIAILLES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Châtel-de-Neuvre →
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