Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Pourchères: 1,556 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.0°C on average. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 78% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 25°C. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures from Météo-France’s Antraigues Sa station, 13 km west.
A year in Pourchères at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Antraigues Sa station.
What a year in Pourchères 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 Montélimar
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 13 km west of Pourchères. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pourchères itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Antraigues Sa (07011004) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km west |
| Station altitude | 600 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 577 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montélimar, 24 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 Pourchères 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pourchères | Antraigues Sa | 26.8°C | 2.0°C | 1,556 mm |
| Privas 6.3 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 2.2°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.9°C colder | 1,105 mm |
| Chomérac 12 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 2.2°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.9°C colder | 1,105 mm |
| Vals-les-Bains 15 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C 2.9°C warmer | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Aubenas 17 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C 2.9°C warmer | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Le Pouzin 18 km | Livron | 29.6°C 2.8°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.6°C colder | 917 mm |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 19 km | Aubenas Sa | 30.4°C 3.6°C warmer | 1.0°C 1°C colder | 1,061 mm |
Pourchères weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Antraigues Sa station; sunshine at Montélimar.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 2.0°C | 4.8°C | 129 mm | 107 |
| February | 8.6°C | 2.0°C | 5.3°C | 81 mm | 136 |
| March | 12.4°C | 4.5°C | 8.4°C | 79 mm | 200 |
| April | 15.4°C | 6.9°C | 11.2°C | 119 mm | 219 |
| May | 19.5°C | 10.3°C | 14.9°C | 118 mm | 260 |
| June | 24.0°C | 13.9°C | 18.9°C | 72 mm | 300 |
| July | 26.8°C | 16.0°C | 21.4°C | 76 mm | 330 |
| August | 26.5°C | 16.0°C | 21.2°C | 95 mm | 299 |
| September | 21.3°C | 12.5°C | 16.9°C | 163 mm | 231 |
| October | 16.4°C | 9.5°C | 13.0°C | 236 mm | 156 |
| November | 11.1°C | 5.3°C | 8.2°C | 237 mm | 110 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.8°C | 5.5°C | 154 mm | 95 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 8.5°C | 12.5°C | 1,556 mm | 2,441 |
Where Pourchères’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Antraigues Sa, 13 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, Montélimar, 24 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 Pourchères’s climate
How warm does Pourchères 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 Pourchères 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 Pourchères 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, Montélimar (24 km away), averages 2,441 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pourchères itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pourchères, Antraigues Sa, 13 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 Pourchères →
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.