Few mainland French towns get more rain than Rocles: 1,787 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 29.5°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 27°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 90% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 96 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Sablières Oara station, 12 km west.
A year in Rocles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sablières Oara station.
What a year in Rocles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sablières Oara.
About 1,787 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 40 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
28 frosts and 99 days of 25°C a year
On about 28 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 99 days a year reach 25°C, and 42 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sablières Oara: 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 Sablières Oara
Sablières Oara is 12 km west of Rocles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rocles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sablières Oara (07202002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 540 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 528 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lanas Syn, 13 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 Rocles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocles | Sablières Oara | 29.5°C | 2.1°C | 1,787 mm |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 14 km | Aubenas Sa | 30.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.0°C 1.1°C colder | 1,061 mm |
| Aubenas 15 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.5°C colder | 1,250 mm |
| Vals-les-Bains 16 km | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.5°C colder | 1,250 mm |
| Les Vans 19 km | Grospierres | 31.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.1°C 2°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 23 km | Mirabel Sa | 29.5°C about the same | 1.2°C 0.9°C colder | 998 mm |
Rocles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sablières Oara station; sunshine at Lanas Syn.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | 2.1°C | 6.1°C | 158 mm | 131 |
| February | 12.0°C | 2.1°C | 7.0°C | 102 mm | 153 |
| March | 15.8°C | 4.6°C | 10.2°C | 91 mm | 208 |
| April | 18.1°C | 7.0°C | 12.6°C | 150 mm | 208 |
| May | 21.7°C | 10.3°C | 16.0°C | 131 mm | 246 |
| June | 26.0°C | 13.9°C | 20.0°C | 86 mm | 286 |
| July | 29.5°C | 16.3°C | 22.9°C | 55 mm | 314 |
| August | 29.4°C | 16.3°C | 22.8°C | 75 mm | 284 |
| September | 24.2°C | 12.9°C | 18.6°C | 179 mm | 220 |
| October | 18.6°C | 9.7°C | 14.1°C | 269 mm | 154 |
| November | 13.5°C | 5.5°C | 9.5°C | 309 mm | 125 |
| December | 10.5°C | 2.8°C | 6.6°C | 183 mm | 120 |
| Year | 19.1°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 1,787 mm | 2,447 |
Where Rocles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sablières Oara, 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, 13 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 Rocles’s climate
How warm does Rocles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.5°C. About 99 days a year reach 25°C, more than 88% of mainland French towns, and about 42 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rocles get in winter?
January nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 28 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rocles get?
About 1,787 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (309 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lanas Syn (13 km away), averages 2,447 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rocles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rocles, Sablières Oara, 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 SABLIERES OARA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rocles →
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