Frost comes to Ardenais more often than to 80% of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.9°C on average. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 67% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 26°C. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from May to September, with highs of 20–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Châteaumeillant station, 14 km south-west.
A year in Ardenais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Châteaumeillant station.
What a year in Ardenais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Châteaumeillant.
About 799 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourges
A frosty town: 60 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 60 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Châteaumeillant: 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 Châteaumeillant
Châteaumeillant is 14 km south-west of Ardenais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ardenais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Châteaumeillant (18057003) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 243 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 234 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourges, 46 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 Ardenais 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 Cher.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardenais | Châteaumeillant | 26.9°C | 1.3°C | 799 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 15 km | Orval | 27.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
Ardenais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Châteaumeillant station; sunshine at Bourges.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 64 mm | 66 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.7°C | 5.0°C | 53 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.4°C | 2.5°C | 8.0°C | 52 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.6°C | 4.5°C | 10.5°C | 68 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.4°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 84 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.3°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 68 mm | 227 |
| July | 26.9°C | 13.2°C | 20.0°C | 66 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.9°C | 13.1°C | 20.0°C | 60 mm | 240 |
| September | 22.6°C | 9.6°C | 16.1°C | 71 mm | 194 |
| October | 17.6°C | 7.8°C | 12.7°C | 74 mm | 127 |
| November | 11.9°C | 4.2°C | 8.0°C | 71 mm | 77 |
| December | 8.5°C | 1.9°C | 5.2°C | 68 mm | 60 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 6.5°C | 11.9°C | 799 mm | 1,889 |
Where Ardenais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Châteaumeillant, 14 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, Bourges, 46 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 Cher.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ardenais’s climate
How warm does Ardenais get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, more than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ardenais get in winter?
February nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 60 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ardenais get?
About 799 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (84 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourges (46 km away), averages 1,889 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ardenais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ardenais, Châteaumeillant, 14 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 CHATEAUMEILLANT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ardenais →
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.