Allos is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.2°C. Warm afternoons come less often than in 93% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 28°C. An umbrella earns its place on about 93 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Les Orres station, 29 km north: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Allos at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Les Orres station.
What a year in Allos feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Orres.
About 880 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 15 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Péone
A frosty town: 141 frosts and 27 days of 25°C a year
On about 141 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, and 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Orres: 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 Les Orres
Les Orres is 29 km north of Allos. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Allos itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Les Orres (05098001) |
| Distance from the town | 29 km north |
| Station altitude | 1,457 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,485 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Péone, 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 Allos 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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allos | Les Orres | 23.2°C | −4.7°C | 880 mm |
| Barcelonnette 16 km | Barcelonnette | 26.3°C 3.1°C warmer | −7.9°C 3.2°C colder | 694 mm |
Allos weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Les Orres station; sunshine at Péone.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C | −4.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 177 |
| February | 5.3°C | −4.9°C | 0.2°C | 47 mm | 177 |
| March | 8.8°C | −1.9°C | 3.4°C | 56 mm | 219 |
| April | 11.9°C | 0.8°C | 6.3°C | 75 mm | 202 |
| May | 16.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.3°C | 84 mm | 212 |
| June | 20.2°C | 8.2°C | 14.2°C | 84 mm | 246 |
| July | 23.2°C | 10.3°C | 16.7°C | 58 mm | 291 |
| August | 22.9°C | 10.3°C | 16.6°C | 61 mm | 266 |
| September | 18.0°C | 6.7°C | 12.4°C | 83 mm | 210 |
| October | 13.5°C | 3.7°C | 8.6°C | 98 mm | 194 |
| November | 7.9°C | −0.4°C | 3.7°C | 100 mm | 156 |
| December | 4.9°C | −3.5°C | 0.7°C | 75 mm | 167 |
| Year | 13.1°C | 2.4°C | 7.7°C | 880 mm | 2,514 |
Where Allos’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Les Orres, 29 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, Péone, 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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Allos’s climate
How warm does Allos get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.2°C. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Allos get in winter?
February nights average −4.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 141 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Allos get?
About 880 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Péone (31 km away), averages 2,514 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Allos itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Allos, Les Orres, 29 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 LES ORRES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Allos →
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