Wet weather: 964 mm a year falls on Chassenon, more than on 85% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.1°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 25°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 65% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 47 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Rochechouart station, 4.7 km south-east.
A year in Chassenon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Rochechouart station.
What a year in Chassenon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rochechouart.
About 964 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montembœuf
47 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rochechouart: 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 Rochechouart
Rochechouart is 4.7 km south-east of Chassenon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Chassenon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Rochechouart (87126002) |
| Distance from the town | 4.7 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 255 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 193 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 20 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 Chassenon 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 Charente.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassenon | Rochechouart | 26.1°C | 2.0°C | 964 mm |
| Rochechouart 4.6 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 964 mm |
| Saint-Junien 10 km | Saint-Junien | 25.4°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 16 km | Montembœuf | 25.5°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.0°C 1°C milder | 972 mm |
| Confolens 20 km | Saulgond | 26.0°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 21 km | Saint-Junien | 25.4°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 26 km | Le Vieux-Cérier | 26.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,007 mm |
Chassenon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Rochechouart station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C | 2.0°C | 5.2°C | 92 mm | 78 |
| February | 9.8°C | 1.5°C | 5.7°C | 73 mm | 117 |
| March | 13.7°C | 3.6°C | 8.6°C | 71 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.4°C | 5.4°C | 10.9°C | 80 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.2°C | 9.0°C | 14.6°C | 81 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.8°C | 12.2°C | 18.0°C | 74 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.1°C | 13.6°C | 19.8°C | 57 mm | 258 |
| August | 26.3°C | 13.4°C | 19.9°C | 68 mm | 230 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 72 mm | 209 |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.6°C | 13.2°C | 87 mm | 142 |
| November | 11.9°C | 4.6°C | 8.3°C | 103 mm | 96 |
| December | 9.1°C | 2.4°C | 5.7°C | 106 mm | 87 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 7.2°C | 12.2°C | 964 mm | 2,026 |
Where Chassenon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Rochechouart, 4.7 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, Montembœuf, 20 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 Charente.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Chassenon’s climate
How warm does Chassenon get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Chassenon get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Chassenon get?
About 964 mm a year, more than 85% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (20 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Chassenon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Chassenon, Rochechouart, 4.7 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 ROCHECHOUART, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Chassenon →
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