Salles-la-Source gets more frosts than 88% of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.7°C on average. Rain peaks in May and eases off in February. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 73% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 115 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Rodez-Aveyron station, 3.6 km south-west.
A year in Salles-la-Source at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Rodez-Aveyron station.
What a year in Salles-la-Source feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rodez-Aveyron.
About 869 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Aveyron.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Rodez-Aveyron
A frosty town: 66 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 66 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rodez-Aveyron: 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 Rodez-Aveyron
Rodez-Aveyron is 3.6 km south-west of Salles-la-Source. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Salles-la-Source itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Rodez-Aveyron (12254001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 578 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 375 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Salles-la-Source sits 203 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Salles-la-Source to run about 1.3°C warmer than these figures.
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 Salles-la-Source 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 Aveyron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-la-Source | Rodez-Aveyron | 25.7°C | −0.2°C | 869 mm |
| Sébazac-Concourès 7.8 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Druelle Balsac 8 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Onet-le-Château 9 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Rodez 10 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Olemps 11 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Luc-la-Primaube 15 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
Salles-la-Source weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Rodez-Aveyron station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | −0.2°C | 3.4°C | 75 mm | 85 |
| February | 8.3°C | −0.5°C | 3.9°C | 54 mm | 125 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.1°C | 7.1°C | 63 mm | 172 |
| April | 14.9°C | 4.5°C | 9.7°C | 84 mm | 193 |
| May | 18.9°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 97 mm | 219 |
| June | 23.0°C | 11.4°C | 17.2°C | 64 mm | 256 |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.4°C | 19.5°C | 56 mm | 282 |
| August | 25.8°C | 13.4°C | 19.6°C | 60 mm | 274 |
| September | 21.3°C | 9.9°C | 15.6°C | 78 mm | 218 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.5°C | 12.1°C | 76 mm | 165 |
| November | 10.9°C | 3.2°C | 7.1°C | 85 mm | 104 |
| December | 8.0°C | 0.5°C | 4.3°C | 78 mm | 102 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.1°C | 11.1°C | 869 mm | 2,193 |
Where Salles-la-Source’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Rodez-Aveyron, 3.6 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, Rodez-Aveyron, 3.6 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 Aveyron.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Salles-la-Source’s climate
How warm does Salles-la-Source get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Salles-la-Source get in winter?
February nights average −0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 66 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Salles-la-Source get?
About 869 mm a year, more than 73% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (97 mm) and February the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Rodez-Aveyron (3.6 km away), averages 2,193 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Salles-la-Source itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Salles-la-Source, Rodez-Aveyron, 3.6 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 RODEZ-AVEYRON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Salles-la-Source →
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