January in Fourilles bites harder than in 79% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 27.0°C. None of the 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier gets less rain. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Chareil-Cintrat station, 4.3 km north-east.
A year in Fourilles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chareil-Cintrat station.
What a year in Fourilles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chareil-Cintrat.
About 676 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 21st 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: 58 frosts and 71 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chareil-Cintrat: 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 Chareil-Cintrat
Chareil-Cintrat is 4.3 km north-east of Fourilles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fourilles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chareil-Cintrat (03059001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.3 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 286 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 259 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 18 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 Fourilles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourilles | Chareil-Cintrat | 27.0°C | 0.6°C | 676 mm |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 10 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Gannat 16 km | Charmes | 26.9°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 18 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 19 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C about the same | 0.1°C 0.5°C colder | 769 mm |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 21 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C about the same | 0.1°C 0.5°C colder | 769 mm |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 21 km | Vichy-Ville | 27.6°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.6°C 1°C milder | 800 mm |
Fourilles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chareil-Cintrat station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 0.6°C | 4.0°C | 44 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.9°C | 0.5°C | 4.7°C | 33 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.4°C | 2.6°C | 8.0°C | 40 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.6°C | 4.9°C | 10.7°C | 57 mm | 181 |
| May | 20.5°C | 8.7°C | 14.6°C | 72 mm | 204 |
| June | 24.4°C | 12.2°C | 18.3°C | 63 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.0°C | 14.0°C | 20.5°C | 68 mm | 254 |
| August | 27.0°C | 13.8°C | 20.4°C | 72 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.2°C | 16.4°C | 61 mm | 190 |
| October | 17.5°C | 7.7°C | 12.6°C | 57 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.5°C | 3.7°C | 7.6°C | 63 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 48 mm | 61 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 6.7°C | 11.9°C | 676 mm | 1,892 |
Where Fourilles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chareil-Cintrat, 4.3 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, 18 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 Fourilles’s climate
How warm does Fourilles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fourilles get in winter?
February nights average 0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fourilles get?
About 676 mm a year, less than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (72 mm) and February the driest (33 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (18 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fourilles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fourilles, Chareil-Cintrat, 4.3 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 CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fourilles →
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.