Few mainland French towns get more rain than Trémouille: 1,316 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.0°C on average. Only 25°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. About 81 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 148 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tauves station, 18 km north.
A year in Trémouille at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tauves station.
What a year in Trémouille feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tauves.
About 1,316 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 45 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 Marcenat
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 38 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tauves: 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 Tauves
Tauves is 18 km north of Trémouille. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Trémouille itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tauves (63426001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north |
| Station altitude | 851 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 836 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Marcenat, 16 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 Trémouille 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.
Trémouille weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tauves station; sunshine at Marcenat.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.2°C | 105 mm | 107 |
| February | 6.2°C | −1.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 mm | 131 |
| March | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.6°C | 91 mm | 165 |
| April | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.1°C | 116 mm | 170 |
| May | 16.9°C | 6.6°C | 11.8°C | 116 mm | 188 |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.1°C | 15.5°C | 108 mm | 230 |
| July | 23.0°C | 11.9°C | 17.5°C | 102 mm | 250 |
| August | 23.1°C | 12.0°C | 17.5°C | 95 mm | 219 |
| September | 19.0°C | 8.8°C | 13.9°C | 106 mm | 188 |
| October | 14.8°C | 6.4°C | 10.6°C | 117 mm | 148 |
| November | 9.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.7°C | 138 mm | 102 |
| December | 6.2°C | −0.2°C | 3.0°C | 125 mm | 100 |
| Year | 14.0°C | 5.0°C | 9.5°C | 1,316 mm | 1,997 |
Where Trémouille’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tauves, 18 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, Marcenat, 16 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 Trémouille’s climate
How warm does Trémouille get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.1°C. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Trémouille get in winter?
February nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Trémouille get?
About 1,316 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (138 mm) and March the driest (91 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Marcenat (16 km away), averages 1,997 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Trémouille itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Trémouille, Tauves, 18 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 TAUVES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Trémouille →
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