A middle-of-the-road climate: Châtillon is close to most mainland French towns on every count
January nights average 1.1°C, July afternoons 26.5°C, and a year brings 777 mm of rain. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of mainland French towns. Expect the heaviest rain in May and the lightest in February. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 51 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bourbon station, 14 km north-west.
A year in Châtillon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourbon station.
What a year in Châtillon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourbon.
About 777 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 64 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourbon: 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 Bourbon
Bourbon is 14 km north-west of Châtillon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Châtillon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourbon (03036002) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 301 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 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 Châtillon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtillon | Bourbon | 26.5°C | 1.1°C | 777 mm |
| Moulins 18 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Avermes 19 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Yzeure 19 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 22 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.8°C colder | 745 mm |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 27 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.8°C colder | 745 mm |
Châtillon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bourbon station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 1.1°C | 4.1°C | 62 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.7°C | 1.2°C | 4.9°C | 52 mm | 102 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.0°C | 55 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.6°C | 10.9°C | 70 mm | 195 |
| May | 20.2°C | 9.2°C | 14.6°C | 79 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 61 mm | 246 |
| July | 26.5°C | 14.6°C | 20.5°C | 63 mm | 255 |
| August | 26.4°C | 14.3°C | 20.4°C | 59 mm | 237 |
| September | 21.9°C | 10.6°C | 16.3°C | 73 mm | 197 |
| October | 17.3°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 66 mm | 130 |
| November | 11.1°C | 4.0°C | 7.6°C | 71 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.7°C | 4.7°C | 67 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.2°C | 11.9°C | 777 mm | 1,955 |
Where Châtillon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bourbon, 14 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 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 Châtillon’s climate
How warm does Châtillon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, more than 55% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Châtillon get in winter?
January nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Châtillon get?
About 777 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (79 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (31 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Châtillon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Châtillon, Bourbon, 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 BOURBON_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Châtillon →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.