Contres gets more frosts than 82% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.4°C. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, May, gets little more than the driest, March. Its July heat outdoes that of 71% of mainland French towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit May, June and September, with highs of 21–25°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Dun station, 6 km east.
A year in Contres at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dun station.
What a year in Contres feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dun.
About 785 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourges
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dun: 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 Dun
Dun is 6 km east of Contres. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Contres itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dun (18087001) |
| Distance from the town | 6 km east |
| Station altitude | 160 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 164 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourges, 23 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 Contres 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contres | Dun | 27.4°C | 0.9°C | 785 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 6.5 km | same station | 27.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 16 km | Orval | 27.5°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Trouy 20 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C 0.7°C milder | 743 mm |
| Avord 22 km | Avord | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.3°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 23 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C 0.7°C milder | 743 mm |
| Bourges 25 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C 0.7°C milder | 743 mm |
Contres weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dun station; sunshine at Bourges.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 66 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.5°C | 4.9°C | 53 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.8°C | 2.5°C | 8.1°C | 52 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.1°C | 4.7°C | 10.9°C | 66 mm | 186 |
| May | 21.0°C | 8.5°C | 14.7°C | 76 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.9°C | 12.0°C | 18.5°C | 58 mm | 227 |
| July | 27.4°C | 13.6°C | 20.5°C | 69 mm | 249 |
| August | 27.4°C | 13.5°C | 20.4°C | 65 mm | 240 |
| September | 23.0°C | 9.8°C | 16.4°C | 65 mm | 194 |
| October | 17.8°C | 7.6°C | 12.7°C | 74 mm | 127 |
| November | 11.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 mm | 77 |
| December | 8.3°C | 1.5°C | 4.9°C | 73 mm | 60 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 6.6°C | 12.0°C | 785 mm | 1,889 |
Where Contres’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dun, 6 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, 23 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 Contres’s climate
How warm does Contres get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Contres get in winter?
February nights average 0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Contres get?
About 785 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourges (23 km away), averages 1,889 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Contres itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Contres, Dun, 6 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 DUN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Contres →
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.