Freix-Anglards is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,462 mm of rain a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.2°C. About 93 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 97% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 28°C apart. Expect about 93 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Marmanhac station, 7.3 km east.
A year in Freix-Anglards at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Marmanhac station.
What a year in Freix-Anglards feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marmanhac.
About 1,462 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 54 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 5 towns of 2,500+ in Cantal.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aurillac
A frosty town: 93 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 93 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marmanhac: 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 Marmanhac
Marmanhac is 7.3 km east of Freix-Anglards. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Freix-Anglards itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Marmanhac (15118002) |
| Distance from the town | 7.3 km east |
| Station altitude | 644 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 713 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Aurillac, 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 Freix-Anglards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freix-Anglards | Marmanhac | 26.2°C | −1.3°C | 1,462 mm |
| Aurillac 11 km | Aurillac | 24.6°C 1.6°C cooler | −0.5°C 0.8°C milder | 1,135 mm |
| Ytrac 11 km | Aurillac | 24.6°C 1.6°C cooler | −0.5°C 0.8°C milder | 1,135 mm |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 14 km | Aurillac | 24.6°C 1.6°C cooler | −0.5°C 0.8°C milder | 1,135 mm |
| Mauriac 23 km | Mauriac | 24.3°C 1.9°C cooler | 0.0°C 1.3°C milder | 1,129 mm |
Freix-Anglards weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Marmanhac station; sunshine at Aurillac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | −1.3°C | 3.1°C | 135 mm | 105 |
| February | 9.0°C | −1.7°C | 3.6°C | 115 mm | 127 |
| March | 13.0°C | 0.8°C | 6.9°C | 111 mm | 176 |
| April | 15.8°C | 2.9°C | 9.4°C | 129 mm | 185 |
| May | 19.9°C | 6.5°C | 13.2°C | 126 mm | 211 |
| June | 23.9°C | 9.7°C | 16.8°C | 101 mm | 244 |
| July | 26.2°C | 11.5°C | 18.9°C | 87 mm | 272 |
| August | 26.3°C | 11.2°C | 18.7°C | 99 mm | 258 |
| September | 22.0°C | 7.8°C | 14.9°C | 118 mm | 211 |
| October | 17.2°C | 5.9°C | 11.6°C | 126 mm | 153 |
| November | 11.3°C | 2.0°C | 6.7°C | 158 mm | 104 |
| December | 8.1°C | −0.5°C | 3.8°C | 157 mm | 100 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 4.6°C | 10.6°C | 1,462 mm | 2,146 |
Where Freix-Anglards’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Marmanhac, 7.3 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, Aurillac, 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 Cantal.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Freix-Anglards’s climate
How warm does Freix-Anglards get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Freix-Anglards get in winter?
February nights average −1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 93 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Freix-Anglards get?
About 1,462 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (158 mm) and July the driest (87 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aurillac (14 km away), averages 2,146 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Freix-Anglards itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Freix-Anglards, Marmanhac, 7.3 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 MARMANHAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Freix-Anglards →
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