Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Cézens
Sunny July days climb to about 23.8°C. Only 27°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. None of the 5 towns of 2,500+ in Cantal has cooler July afternoons. From June to August, highs of 21–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Valuéjols station, 10 km north-east.
A year in Cézens at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Valuéjols station.
What a year in Cézens feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valuéjols.
About 892 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 5 towns of 2,500+ in Cantal.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Coltines
A frosty town: 109 frosts and 42 days of 25°C a year
On about 109 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 19 days it stays below freezing all day. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valuéjols: 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 Valuéjols
Valuéjols is 10 km north-east of Cézens. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cézens itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Valuéjols (15248001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 1,074 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,120 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Coltines, 15 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 Cézens 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 Cantal.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cézens | Valuéjols | 23.8°C | −2.6°C | 892 mm |
| Saint-Flour 19 km | Saint-Flour | 23.8°C about the same | −2.2°C about the same | 800 mm |
Cézens weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Valuéjols station; sunshine at Coltines.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C | −2.6°C | 0.8°C | 76 mm | 108 |
| February | 5.3°C | −2.7°C | 1.3°C | 62 mm | 137 |
| March | 9.4°C | −0.1°C | 4.6°C | 56 mm | 174 |
| April | 12.3°C | 2.2°C | 7.2°C | 78 mm | 187 |
| May | 16.5°C | 5.7°C | 11.1°C | 77 mm | 211 |
| June | 21.0°C | 9.1°C | 15.0°C | 66 mm | 247 |
| July | 23.8°C | 11.1°C | 17.5°C | 55 mm | 279 |
| August | 23.7°C | 11.0°C | 17.4°C | 70 mm | 252 |
| September | 18.9°C | 7.7°C | 13.3°C | 82 mm | 196 |
| October | 14.1°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 87 mm | 141 |
| November | 8.2°C | 0.9°C | 4.6°C | 95 mm | 102 |
| December | 5.1°C | −1.7°C | 1.7°C | 88 mm | 105 |
| Year | 13.5°C | 3.8°C | 8.7°C | 892 mm | 2,139 |
Where Cézens’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Valuéjols, 10 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, Coltines, 15 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 Cantal.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Cézens’s climate
How warm does Cézens get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cézens get in winter?
February nights average −2.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 109 nights a year, and about 19 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cézens get?
About 892 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (95 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Coltines (15 km away), averages 2,139 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cézens itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cézens, Valuéjols, 10 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 VALUEJOLS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cézens →
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