Arcens is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,556 mm of rain a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.8°C. Frost is rarer than in 78% of mainland French towns: about 29 nights a year drop below freezing. Expect the heaviest rain in November and the lightest in June. Windscreens need scraping on about 29 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Antraigues Sa station, 21 km south.
A year in Arcens at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Antraigues Sa station.
What a year in Arcens feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Antraigues Sa.
About 1,556 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and June the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 22 towns of 2,500+ in Ardèche.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mazet-Volamont
29 frosts and 65 days of 25°C a year
On about 29 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Antraigues Sa: 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 Antraigues Sa
Antraigues Sa is 21 km south of Arcens. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arcens itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Antraigues Sa (07011004) |
| Distance from the town | 21 km south |
| Station altitude | 600 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 617 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Mazet-Volamont, 15 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 Arcens 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 Ardèche.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcens | Antraigues Sa | 26.8°C | 2.0°C | 1,556 mm |
| Le Cheylard 8 km | Cheylard Sa | 28.3°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.2°C 1.8°C colder | 1,179 mm |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 18 km | Mazet-Volamont | 21.6°C 5.2°C cooler | −2.5°C 4.5°C colder | 975 mm |
| Tence 24 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 2.2°C cooler | −2.2°C 4.2°C colder | 949 mm |
| Vals-les-Bains 26 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C 2.9°C warmer | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Privas 28 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 2.2°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.9°C colder | 1,105 mm |
Arcens weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Antraigues Sa station; sunshine at Mazet-Volamont.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 2.0°C | 4.8°C | 129 mm | 98 |
| February | 8.6°C | 2.0°C | 5.3°C | 81 mm | 122 |
| March | 12.4°C | 4.5°C | 8.4°C | 79 mm | 168 |
| April | 15.4°C | 6.9°C | 11.2°C | 119 mm | 182 |
| May | 19.5°C | 10.3°C | 14.9°C | 118 mm | 197 |
| June | 24.0°C | 13.9°C | 18.9°C | 72 mm | 234 |
| July | 26.8°C | 16.0°C | 21.4°C | 76 mm | 277 |
| August | 26.5°C | 16.0°C | 21.2°C | 95 mm | 250 |
| September | 21.3°C | 12.5°C | 16.9°C | 163 mm | 192 |
| October | 16.4°C | 9.5°C | 13.0°C | 236 mm | 138 |
| November | 11.1°C | 5.3°C | 8.2°C | 237 mm | 99 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.8°C | 5.5°C | 154 mm | 100 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 8.5°C | 12.5°C | 1,556 mm | 2,057 |
Where Arcens’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Antraigues Sa, 21 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Mazet-Volamont, 15 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 Ardèche.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arcens’s climate
How warm does Arcens get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arcens get in winter?
January nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 29 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arcens get?
About 1,556 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (237 mm) and June the driest (72 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mazet-Volamont (15 km away), averages 2,057 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arcens itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arcens, Antraigues Sa, 21 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 ANTRAIGUES SA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arcens →
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.