Vals-les-Bains is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,250 mm of rain a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 29.7°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 91% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 28°C apart. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 35 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Vals-les-Bains station, 0.6 km north.
A year in Vals-les-Bains at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vals-les-Bains station.
What a year in Vals-les-Bains feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vals-les-Bains.
About 1,250 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
35 frosts and 94 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, and 40 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vals-les-Bains: 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 Vals-les-Bains
Vals-les-Bains is 0.6 km north of Vals-les-Bains. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vals-les-Bains itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vals-les-Bains (07331001) |
| Distance from the town | 0.6 km north |
| Station altitude | 283 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 280 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 Vals-les-Bains 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. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals-les-Bains | Vals-les-Bains | 29.7°C | 1.6°C | 1,250 mm |
| Aubenas 5.7 km | same station | 29.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,250 mm |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 7.7 km | Aubenas Sa | 30.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.0°C 0.6°C colder | 1,061 mm |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 16 km | Mirabel Sa | 29.5°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 998 mm |
| Privas 20 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.5°C colder | 1,105 mm |
| Chomérac 25 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.5°C colder | 1,105 mm |
| Le Cheylard 28 km | Cheylard Sa | 28.3°C 1.4°C cooler | 0.2°C 1.4°C colder | 1,179 mm |
Vals-les-Bains weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vals-les-Bains station; sunshine at Lanas Syn.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 1.6°C | 5.2°C | 100 mm | 131 |
| February | 10.6°C | 1.7°C | 6.1°C | 64 mm | 153 |
| March | 14.9°C | 4.4°C | 9.6°C | 70 mm | 208 |
| April | 17.9°C | 7.2°C | 12.5°C | 91 mm | 208 |
| May | 22.1°C | 10.7°C | 16.4°C | 94 mm | 246 |
| June | 26.8°C | 14.3°C | 20.6°C | 66 mm | 286 |
| July | 29.7°C | 16.4°C | 23.1°C | 62 mm | 314 |
| August | 28.9°C | 16.1°C | 22.5°C | 79 mm | 284 |
| September | 23.4°C | 12.8°C | 18.1°C | 144 mm | 220 |
| October | 17.9°C | 9.5°C | 13.7°C | 184 mm | 154 |
| November | 12.6°C | 5.2°C | 8.9°C | 180 mm | 125 |
| December | 9.2°C | 2.2°C | 5.7°C | 117 mm | 120 |
| Year | 18.6°C | 8.5°C | 13.5°C | 1,250 mm | 2,447 |
Where Vals-les-Bains’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vals-les-Bains, 0.6 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 Vals-les-Bains’s climate
How warm does Vals-les-Bains get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.7°C. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 40 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vals-les-Bains get in winter?
January nights average 1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vals-les-Bains get?
About 1,250 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (184 mm) and July the driest (62 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 Vals-les-Bains itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vals-les-Bains, Vals-les-Bains, 0.6 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 VALS-LES-BAINS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vals-les-Bains →
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