More rain falls on Le Rouget-Pers than on 93% of mainland French towns: 1,135 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −0.5°C on average. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Frost is common: about 71 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 91% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Aurillac station, 15 km east.
A year in Le Rouget-Pers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Aurillac station.
What a year in Le Rouget-Pers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aurillac.
About 1,135 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 39 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: 71 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 71 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 10 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aurillac: 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 Aurillac
Aurillac is 15 km east of Le Rouget-Pers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Le Rouget-Pers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Aurillac (15014004) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km east |
| Station altitude | 632 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 593 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Le Rouget-Pers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rouget-Pers | Aurillac | 24.6°C | −0.5°C | 1,135 mm |
| Ytrac 12 km | same station | 24.6°C about the same | −0.5°C about the same | 1,135 mm |
| Aurillac 18 km | same station | 24.6°C about the same | −0.5°C about the same | 1,135 mm |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 19 km | same station | 24.6°C about the same | −0.5°C about the same | 1,135 mm |
| Saint-Céré 27 km | Argentat | 28.4°C 3.8°C warmer | 0.4°C 0.9°C milder | 1,146 mm |
Le Rouget-Pers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Aurillac station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | −0.5°C | 3.2°C | 90 mm | 105 |
| February | 8.1°C | −0.8°C | 3.6°C | 77 mm | 127 |
| March | 11.9°C | 1.7°C | 6.8°C | 79 mm | 176 |
| April | 14.5°C | 4.0°C | 9.2°C | 109 mm | 185 |
| May | 18.4°C | 7.6°C | 13.0°C | 107 mm | 211 |
| June | 22.2°C | 10.7°C | 16.5°C | 82 mm | 244 |
| July | 24.6°C | 12.5°C | 18.5°C | 71 mm | 272 |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.5°C | 88 mm | 258 |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 107 mm | 211 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.9°C | 11.5°C | 101 mm | 153 |
| November | 10.7°C | 2.8°C | 6.7°C | 118 mm | 104 |
| December | 7.7°C | 0.3°C | 4.0°C | 106 mm | 100 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 5.6°C | 10.5°C | 1,135 mm | 2,146 |
Where Le Rouget-Pers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Aurillac, 15 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, 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 Le Rouget-Pers’s climate
How warm does Le Rouget-Pers get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.6°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 10 reach 30°C.
How cold does Le Rouget-Pers get in winter?
February nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 71 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Le Rouget-Pers get?
About 1,135 mm a year, more than 93% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (118 mm) and July the driest (71 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aurillac (15 km away), averages 2,146 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Le Rouget-Pers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Le Rouget-Pers, Aurillac, 15 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 AURILLAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Le Rouget-Pers →
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.