Few mainland French towns get more rain than Gravières: 1,257 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 30.1°C. None of its 6 nearest neighbors has cooler July afternoons. A year here swings 29°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. For walks and days out, May, September and October bring highs of 18–24°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lablachère station, 12 km north-east.
A year in Gravières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lablachère station.
What a year in Gravières feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lablachère.
About 1,257 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 35 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 Lanas Syn
39 frosts and 102 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 102 days a year reach 25°C, and 45 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lablachère: 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 Lablachère
Lablachère is 12 km north-east of Gravières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gravières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lablachère (07117002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 295 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 205 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lanas Syn, 26 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 Gravières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravières | Lablachère | 30.1°C | 1.5°C | 1,257 mm |
| Les Vans 3.7 km | Grospierres | 31.9°C 1.8°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.4°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Bessèges 14 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Ambroix 20 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| La Grand-Combe 23 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Rousson 26 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 27 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
Gravières weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lablachère station; sunshine at Lanas Syn.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | 1.5°C | 5.2°C | 100 mm | 131 |
| February | 10.7°C | 1.6°C | 6.1°C | 66 mm | 153 |
| March | 15.2°C | 4.3°C | 9.7°C | 76 mm | 208 |
| April | 18.2°C | 6.9°C | 12.6°C | 97 mm | 208 |
| May | 22.5°C | 10.6°C | 16.6°C | 95 mm | 246 |
| June | 27.1°C | 14.2°C | 20.7°C | 74 mm | 286 |
| July | 30.1°C | 16.4°C | 23.3°C | 51 mm | 314 |
| August | 29.6°C | 16.1°C | 22.9°C | 72 mm | 284 |
| September | 24.0°C | 12.6°C | 18.3°C | 143 mm | 220 |
| October | 18.2°C | 9.5°C | 13.9°C | 193 mm | 154 |
| November | 12.5°C | 5.2°C | 8.8°C | 178 mm | 125 |
| December | 9.2°C | 2.2°C | 5.7°C | 112 mm | 120 |
| Year | 18.9°C | 8.4°C | 13.6°C | 1,257 mm | 2,447 |
Where Gravières’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lablachère, 12 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, Lanas Syn, 26 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 Gravières’s climate
How warm does Gravières get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.1°C. About 102 days a year reach 25°C, more than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 45 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gravières get in winter?
January nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gravières get?
About 1,257 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (193 mm) and July the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lanas Syn (26 km away), averages 2,447 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gravières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gravières, Lablachère, 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 LABLACHERE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gravières →
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