Frost comes to Givardon more often than to 90% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.5°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 28°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 72% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Sancoins station, 8.1 km east.
A year in Givardon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sancoins station.
What a year in Givardon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sancoins.
About 801 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sancoins: 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 Sancoins
Sancoins is 8.1 km east of Givardon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Givardon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sancoins (18242001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.1 km east |
| Station altitude | 203 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 207 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 16 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 Givardon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givardon | Sancoins | 27.5°C | 0.4°C | 801 mm |
| Sancoins 7.9 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 801 mm |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 16 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 801 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 20 km | Dun | 27.4°C about the same | 0.9°C 0.5°C milder | 785 mm |
| Avord 26 km | Avord | 26.2°C 1.3°C cooler | 1.3°C 0.9°C milder | 757 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 27 km | Orval | 27.5°C about the same | 1.1°C 0.7°C milder | 757 mm |
| Marzy 27 km | Nevers-Marzy | 26.0°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 784 mm |
Givardon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sancoins station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 0.4°C | 3.9°C | 63 mm | 72 |
| February | 9.1°C | 0.0°C | 4.6°C | 55 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.7°C | 2.0°C | 7.8°C | 54 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.2°C | 4.2°C | 10.7°C | 67 mm | 195 |
| May | 21.1°C | 8.1°C | 14.6°C | 80 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.9°C | 11.5°C | 18.2°C | 61 mm | 246 |
| July | 27.5°C | 13.2°C | 20.3°C | 61 mm | 255 |
| August | 27.6°C | 12.8°C | 20.2°C | 66 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.9°C | 9.1°C | 16.0°C | 66 mm | 197 |
| October | 17.6°C | 6.9°C | 12.2°C | 77 mm | 130 |
| November | 11.5°C | 3.2°C | 7.4°C | 78 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.9°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 75 mm | 67 |
| Year | 17.4°C | 6.0°C | 11.7°C | 801 mm | 1,955 |
Where Givardon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sancoins, 8.1 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, 16 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 Givardon’s climate
How warm does Givardon get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.6°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Givardon get in winter?
February nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Givardon get?
About 801 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (80 mm) and March the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (16 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Givardon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Givardon, Sancoins, 8.1 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 SANCOINS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Givardon →
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.