Frost comes to Combiers less often than to 82% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.8°C. December is the wettest month, July the driest. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 72% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Martial Viveyrols station, 18 km south-west.
A year in Combiers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Martial Viveyrols station.
What a year in Combiers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Martial Viveyrols.
About 862 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montembœuf
26 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 26 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Martial Viveyrols: 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-Martial Viveyrols
Saint-Martial Viveyrols is 18 km south-west of Combiers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Combiers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Martial Viveyrols (24452001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 166 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 140 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 33 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 Combiers 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combiers | Saint-Martial Viveyrols | 26.8°C | 3.1°C | 862 mm |
| Nontron 21 km | Montembœuf | 25.5°C 1.3°C cooler | 3.0°C about the same | 972 mm |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 22 km | La Couronne | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Soyaux 23 km | La Couronne | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 24 km | La Couronne | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 24 km | La Couronne | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Brantôme en Périgord 25 km | Saint-Martin Rib. | 27.2°C about the same | 3.0°C about the same | 917 mm |
Combiers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Martial Viveyrols station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C | 3.1°C | 6.0°C | 80 mm | 78 |
| February | 10.6°C | 2.9°C | 6.7°C | 60 mm | 117 |
| March | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 9.9°C | 60 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.3°C | 7.3°C | 12.3°C | 79 mm | 192 |
| May | 21.1°C | 10.5°C | 15.8°C | 77 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.6°C | 19.1°C | 65 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.8°C | 15.1°C | 20.9°C | 50 mm | 258 |
| August | 27.1°C | 15.1°C | 21.1°C | 56 mm | 230 |
| September | 23.4°C | 12.4°C | 17.9°C | 71 mm | 209 |
| October | 18.7°C | 10.1°C | 14.4°C | 80 mm | 142 |
| November | 12.9°C | 6.0°C | 9.4°C | 90 mm | 96 |
| December | 9.6°C | 3.6°C | 6.6°C | 93 mm | 87 |
| Year | 18.0°C | 8.8°C | 13.3°C | 862 mm | 2,026 |
Where Combiers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Martial Viveyrols, 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, Montembœuf, 33 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 Combiers’s climate
How warm does Combiers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.1°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does Combiers get in winter?
February nights average 2.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 26 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Combiers get?
About 862 mm a year, more than 72% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (33 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Combiers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Combiers, Saint-Martial Viveyrols, 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 ST MARTIAL VIVEYROLS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Combiers →
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.