Ice on the ground: Orval sees more frosts than 78% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 72% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in May and least in February. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Orval station, 0.8 km south-east.
A year in Orval at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Orval station.
What a year in Orval feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orval.
About 757 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 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 Lurcy-Lévis Sa
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orval: 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 Orval
Orval is 0.8 km south-east of Orval. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Orval itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Orval (18172001) |
| Distance from the town | 0.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 165 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 167 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 36 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 Orval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orval | Orval | 27.5°C | 1.1°C | 757 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 2.4 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 19 km | Dun | 27.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
Orval weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Orval station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | 1.1°C | 4.7°C | 60 mm | 72 |
| February | 9.7°C | 0.8°C | 5.3°C | 49 mm | 102 |
| March | 14.0°C | 2.8°C | 8.4°C | 50 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.3°C | 4.9°C | 11.1°C | 66 mm | 195 |
| May | 21.2°C | 8.7°C | 15.0°C | 78 mm | 213 |
| June | 25.0°C | 12.3°C | 18.7°C | 62 mm | 246 |
| July | 27.5°C | 14.0°C | 20.7°C | 62 mm | 255 |
| August | 27.3°C | 13.7°C | 20.5°C | 55 mm | 237 |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.2°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm | 197 |
| October | 18.1°C | 7.8°C | 13.0°C | 69 mm | 130 |
| November | 12.2°C | 3.9°C | 8.1°C | 70 mm | 80 |
| December | 8.6°C | 1.6°C | 5.1°C | 69 mm | 67 |
| Year | 17.7°C | 6.8°C | 12.3°C | 757 mm | 1,955 |
Where Orval’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Orval, 0.8 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, 36 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 Orval’s climate
How warm does Orval get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Orval get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Orval get?
About 757 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (36 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Orval itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Orval, Orval, 0.8 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 ORVAL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Orval →
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.