A middle-of-the-road climate: Limoise is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 777 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 26.5°C and January nights around 1.1°C. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. In January, nights here are colder than in 72% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bourbon station, 12 km south.
A year in Limoise at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourbon station.
What a year in Limoise 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 12 km south of Limoise. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Limoise itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourbon (03036002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 270 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 8.7 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 Limoise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limoise | Bourbon | 26.5°C | 1.1°C | 777 mm |
| Sancoins 19 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 1°C warmer | 0.4°C 0.7°C colder | 801 mm |
| Avermes 23 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Moulins 25 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Yzeure 27 km | Yzeure | 27.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 796 mm |
Limoise 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 Limoise’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bourbon, 12 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, 8.7 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 Limoise’s climate
How warm does Limoise 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 Limoise 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 Limoise 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 (8.7 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Limoise itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Limoise, Bourbon, 12 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 Limoise →
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.