Chaudes-Aigues sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.8°C. None of the 5 towns of 2,500+ in Cantal has cooler July afternoons. Seasons differ by 26°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Flour station, 20 km north.
A year in Chaudes-Aigues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Flour station.
What a year in Chaudes-Aigues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Flour.
About 800 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 25 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: 98 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 98 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 17 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Flour: 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 Saint-Flour
Saint-Flour is 20 km north of Chaudes-Aigues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Chaudes-Aigues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Flour (15187006) |
| Distance from the town | 20 km north |
| Station altitude | 909 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 807 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Coltines, 25 km away |
Chaudes-Aigues sits 102 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Chaudes-Aigues to run about 0.7°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 Chaudes-Aigues 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaudes-Aigues | Saint-Flour | 23.8°C | −2.2°C | 800 mm |
| Saint-Flour 22 km | same station | 23.8°C about the same | −2.2°C about the same | 800 mm |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 22 km | Fau de Peyre | 22.0°C 1.8°C cooler | −2.6°C about the same | 955 mm |
Chaudes-Aigues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Flour station; sunshine at Coltines.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C | −2.2°C | 1.2°C | 52 mm | 108 |
| February | 5.7°C | −2.3°C | 1.7°C | 43 mm | 137 |
| March | 9.6°C | 0.1°C | 4.8°C | 43 mm | 174 |
| April | 12.3°C | 2.3°C | 7.3°C | 72 mm | 187 |
| May | 16.6°C | 5.9°C | 11.2°C | 83 mm | 211 |
| June | 20.9°C | 9.3°C | 15.1°C | 73 mm | 247 |
| July | 23.8°C | 11.0°C | 17.4°C | 60 mm | 279 |
| August | 23.7°C | 10.7°C | 17.2°C | 75 mm | 252 |
| September | 19.0°C | 7.6°C | 13.3°C | 83 mm | 196 |
| October | 14.3°C | 5.3°C | 9.8°C | 81 mm | 141 |
| November | 8.4°C | 1.3°C | 4.9°C | 73 mm | 102 |
| December | 5.3°C | −1.4°C | 1.9°C | 63 mm | 105 |
| Year | 13.7°C | 4.0°C | 8.8°C | 800 mm | 2,139 |
Where Chaudes-Aigues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Flour, 20 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, 25 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 Chaudes-Aigues’s climate
How warm does Chaudes-Aigues get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Chaudes-Aigues get in winter?
February nights average −2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 98 nights a year, and about 17 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Chaudes-Aigues get?
About 800 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Coltines (25 km away), averages 2,139 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Chaudes-Aigues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Chaudes-Aigues, Saint-Flour, 20 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 ST FLOUR, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Chaudes-Aigues →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.