For weather, Chaumont is about as ordinary as mainland French towns get
A typical year brings 791 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 26.7°C and January nights around 1.5°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 64% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Windscreens need scraping on about 45 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Ourouer-les-B. station, 9.8 km north-east.
A year in Chaumont at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ourouer-les-B. station.
What a year in Chaumont feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ourouer-les-B..
About 791 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 23 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 Lurcy-Lévis Sa
45 frosts and 66 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ourouer-les-B.: 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 Ourouer-les-B.
Ourouer-les-B. is 9.8 km north-east of Chaumont. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Chaumont itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ourouer-les-B. (18175001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 253 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 260 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 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 Chaumont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumont | Ourouer-les-B. | 26.7°C | 1.5°C | 791 mm |
| Sancoins 13 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.4°C 1.1°C colder | 801 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 15 km | Dun | 27.4°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.9°C 0.6°C colder | 785 mm |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 19 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.4°C 1.1°C colder | 801 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 23 km | Orval | 27.5°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Avord 23 km | Avord | 26.2°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.3°C about the same | 757 mm |
Chaumont weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ourouer-les-B. station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | 1.5°C | 4.2°C | 60 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.5°C | 1.4°C | 4.9°C | 53 mm | 102 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.8°C | 8.4°C | 52 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.3°C | 6.0°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 195 |
| May | 20.2°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 79 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 65 mm | 246 |
| July | 26.7°C | 14.8°C | 20.8°C | 64 mm | 255 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.9°C | 20.8°C | 62 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.2°C | 11.4°C | 16.8°C | 66 mm | 197 |
| October | 16.7°C | 8.6°C | 12.7°C | 74 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.7°C | 4.6°C | 7.7°C | 77 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.4°C | 2.1°C | 4.7°C | 71 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 791 mm | 1,955 |
Where Chaumont’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ourouer-les-B., 9.8 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, Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 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 Cher.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Chaumont’s climate
How warm does Chaumont get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, more than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Chaumont get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Chaumont get?
About 791 mm a year, more than 58% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (79 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (20 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Chaumont itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Chaumont, Ourouer-les-B., 9.8 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 OUROUER-LES-B., edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Chaumont →
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.