Pierrefitte-sur-Loire has colder winter nights than 76% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.2°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 70% of mainland French towns. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 54 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Diou station, 9.1 km north-west.
A year in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Diou station.
What a year in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Diou.
About 819 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Yan
A frosty town: 54 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 54 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Diou: 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 Diou
Diou is 9.1 km north-west of Pierrefitte-sur-Loire. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Diou (03100001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.1 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 220 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 227 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Yan, 19 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 Pierrefitte-sur-Loire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefitte-sur-Loire | Diou | 27.2°C | 0.9°C | 819 mm |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 10 km | same station | 27.2°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
| Bourbon-Lancy 14 km | same station | 27.2°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 819 mm |
| Digoin 14 km | Saint-Yan | 26.7°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.2°C 0.7°C colder | 772 mm |
| Gueugnon 22 km | Saint-Yan | 26.7°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.2°C 0.7°C colder | 772 mm |
| Paray-le-Monial 24 km | Saint-Yan | 26.7°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.2°C 0.7°C colder | 772 mm |
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Diou station; sunshine at Saint-Yan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 0.9°C | 4.1°C | 64 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.0°C | 0.8°C | 4.9°C | 53 mm | 89 |
| March | 13.5°C | 3.1°C | 8.3°C | 52 mm | 147 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.5°C | 11.2°C | 68 mm | 168 |
| May | 20.8°C | 9.3°C | 15.1°C | 84 mm | 198 |
| June | 24.8°C | 12.9°C | 18.9°C | 69 mm | 227 |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.7°C | 20.9°C | 65 mm | 248 |
| August | 27.1°C | 14.4°C | 20.8°C | 68 mm | 230 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.6°C | 66 mm | 167 |
| October | 17.3°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 78 mm | 112 |
| November | 11.1°C | 4.1°C | 7.6°C | 84 mm | 66 |
| December | 7.6°C | 1.5°C | 4.6°C | 69 mm | 52 |
| Year | 17.1°C | 7.2°C | 12.1°C | 819 mm | 1,768 |
Where Pierrefitte-sur-Loire’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Diou, 9.1 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, Saint-Yan, 19 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 Pierrefitte-sur-Loire’s climate
How warm does Pierrefitte-sur-Loire get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pierrefitte-sur-Loire get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 54 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pierrefitte-sur-Loire get?
About 819 mm a year, more than 63% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (84 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Yan (19 km away), averages 1,768 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pierrefitte-sur-Loire itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pierrefitte-sur-Loire, Diou, 9.1 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 DIOU, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pierrefitte-sur-Loire →
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