Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Ribes: 1,257 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about 1.5°C. Expect the heaviest rain in October and the lightest in July. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 92% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 87 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lablachère station, 1.7 km south.
A year in Ribes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lablachère station.
What a year in Ribes 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 1.7 km south of Ribes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ribes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lablachère (07117002) |
| Distance from the town | 1.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 295 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 349 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lanas Syn, 14 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 Ribes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribes | Lablachère | 30.1°C | 1.5°C | 1,257 mm |
| Les Vans 12 km | Grospierres | 31.9°C 1.8°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.4°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 18 km | Aubenas Sa | 30.4°C about the same | 1.0°C 0.5°C colder | 1,061 mm |
| Aubenas 20 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Vals-les-Bains 23 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Bessèges 24 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 1,092 mm |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 25 km | Mirabel Sa | 29.5°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 998 mm |
Ribes 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 Ribes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lablachère, 1.7 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, 14 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 Ribes’s climate
How warm does Ribes 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 Ribes 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 Ribes 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 (14 km away), averages 2,447 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ribes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ribes, Lablachère, 1.7 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 Ribes →
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