For weather, Avord is about as ordinary as mainland French towns get
January nights average 1.3°C, July afternoons 26.2°C, and a year brings 757 mm of rain. About 51 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 72% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in February. Garden chairs stay out from May to October, the months with highs of 17–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Avord station, 1.7 km north.
A year in Avord at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Avord station.
What a year in Avord feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avord.
About 757 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Avord
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avord: 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 Avord
Avord is 1.7 km north of Avord. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Avord itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Avord (18092001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.7 km north |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 170 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 Avord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avord | Avord | 26.2°C | 1.3°C | 757 mm |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 14 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 18 km | Dun | 27.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
| Bourges 19 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Trouy 21 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Doulchard 22 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 25 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
Avord weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Avord station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 1.3°C | 4.3°C | 58 mm | 65 |
| February | 8.8°C | 1.0°C | 4.9°C | 51 mm | 88 |
| March | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.1°C | 52 mm | 150 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 62 mm | 178 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 75 mm | 208 |
| June | 23.7°C | 12.5°C | 18.1°C | 59 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.2°C | 14.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 mm | 238 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.2°C | 20.2°C | 57 mm | 231 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.8°C | 16.4°C | 62 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 76 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.1°C | 4.3°C | 7.7°C | 71 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 69 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.2°C | 11.9°C | 757 mm | 1,824 |
Where Avord’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Avord, 1.7 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, Avord, 1.7 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 Avord’s climate
How warm does Avord get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Avord get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Avord get?
About 757 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Avord (1.7 km away), averages 1,824 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Avord itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Avord, Avord, 1.7 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 AVORD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Avord →
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.