Hardly any mainland French towns see fresher July days than Péone
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −8.5°C. Rain peaks in November and eases off in August. By January nights alone, it runs colder than almost every mainland French town. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from September to May, when means dip under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Isola station, 20 km north-east.
A year in Péone at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Isola station.
What a year in Péone feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Isola.
About 1,250 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 41 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Péone
A frosty town: 204 frosts and 2 days of 25°C a year
On about 204 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 58 days it stays below freezing all day. About 2 days a year reach 25°C, and 0 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Isola: 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 Isola
Isola is 20 km north-east of Péone. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Péone itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Isola (06073005) |
| Distance from the town | 20 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 1,912 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,703 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 0.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Péone, 0.3 km away |
Péone sits 209 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Péone to run about 1.4°C warmer than these figures.
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 Péone 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-Maritimes.
Péone weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Isola station; sunshine at Péone.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C | −8.5°C | −4.0°C | 85 mm | 177 |
| February | 1.7°C | −8.8°C | −3.6°C | 65 mm | 177 |
| March | 4.6°C | −5.9°C | −0.6°C | 80 mm | 219 |
| April | 6.4°C | −2.8°C | 1.8°C | 122 mm | 202 |
| May | 11.0°C | 1.4°C | 6.2°C | 100 mm | 212 |
| June | 15.5°C | 5.1°C | 10.3°C | 90 mm | 246 |
| July | 18.6°C | 7.3°C | 13.0°C | 76 mm | 291 |
| August | 18.6°C | 7.2°C | 12.9°C | 63 mm | 266 |
| September | 13.5°C | 3.5°C | 8.5°C | 115 mm | 210 |
| October | 9.2°C | 0.4°C | 4.8°C | 173 mm | 194 |
| November | 3.6°C | −3.9°C | −0.1°C | 182 mm | 156 |
| December | 0.5°C | −7.1°C | −3.3°C | 100 mm | 167 |
| Year | 8.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.8°C | 1,250 mm | 2,514 |
Where Péone’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Isola, 20 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, 0.3 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-Maritimes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Péone’s climate
How warm does Péone get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18.6°C. About 2 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about 0 reach 30°C.
How cold does Péone get in winter?
February nights average −8.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 204 nights a year, and about 58 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Péone get?
About 1,250 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (182 mm) and August the driest (63 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Péone (0.3 km away), averages 2,514 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Péone itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Péone, Isola, 20 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 ISOLA 2000, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Péone →
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.