Frost comes to Cours-les-Barres more often than to 89% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.0°C. No month is much wetter than another: December, the wettest, gets little more than March, the driest. An umbrella earns its place on about 122 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Nevers-Marzy station, 6.9 km south-east.
A year in Cours-les-Barres at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nevers-Marzy station.
What a year in Cours-les-Barres feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nevers-Marzy.
About 784 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nevers-Marzy
A frosty town: 67 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 67 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nevers-Marzy: 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 Nevers-Marzy
Nevers-Marzy is 6.9 km south-east of Cours-les-Barres. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cours-les-Barres itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nevers-Marzy (58160001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 180 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 Cours-les-Barres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cours-les-Barres | Nevers-Marzy | 26.0°C | 0.6°C | 784 mm |
| Fourchambault 4.1 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 784 mm |
| Garchizy 4.9 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 784 mm |
| Marzy 5.9 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 784 mm |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 8.7 km | Varennes-Boulor | 27.3°C 1.3°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 855 mm |
| Nevers 10 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 784 mm |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 10 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 801 mm |
Cours-les-Barres weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nevers-Marzy station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C | 0.6°C | 3.9°C | 63 mm | 63 |
| February | 8.8°C | 0.2°C | 4.5°C | 55 mm | 91 |
| March | 13.2°C | 2.0°C | 7.6°C | 53 mm | 154 |
| April | 16.4°C | 4.2°C | 10.3°C | 69 mm | 181 |
| May | 20.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 205 |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.4°C | 17.6°C | 62 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.0°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 58 mm | 245 |
| August | 26.1°C | 12.7°C | 19.4°C | 62 mm | 236 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.1°C | 15.5°C | 64 mm | 189 |
| October | 17.1°C | 7.1°C | 12.1°C | 74 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.1°C | 3.4°C | 7.3°C | 75 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.2°C | 4.5°C | 76 mm | 59 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 6.1°C | 11.4°C | 784 mm | 1,844 |
Where Cours-les-Barres’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nevers-Marzy, 6.9 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, Nevers-Marzy, 6.9 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 Cours-les-Barres’s climate
How warm does Cours-les-Barres get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cours-les-Barres get in winter?
February nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 67 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cours-les-Barres get?
About 784 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (76 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nevers-Marzy (6.9 km away), averages 1,844 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cours-les-Barres itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cours-les-Barres, Nevers-Marzy, 6.9 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 NEVERS-MARZY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cours-les-Barres →
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