Weather without surprises: Uzay-le-Venon keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 26.9°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.5°C; 758 mm of rain falls in a year. Expect the heaviest rain in May and the lightest in February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 68% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Orval Rad station, 8.9 km south.
A year in Uzay-le-Venon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Orval Rad station.
What a year in Uzay-le-Venon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orval Rad.
About 758 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 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 Bourges
49 frosts and 71 days of 25°C a year
On about 49 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orval Rad: 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 Rad
Orval Rad is 8.9 km south of Uzay-le-Venon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Uzay-le-Venon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Orval Rad (18172003) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 165 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 177 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourges, 29 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 Uzay-le-Venon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzay-le-Venon | Orval Rad | 26.9°C | 1.5°C | 758 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 10 km | Orval | 27.5°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 12 km | Dun | 27.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.9°C 0.6°C colder | 785 mm |
| Trouy 26 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 26 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
Uzay-le-Venon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Orval Rad station; sunshine at Bourges.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 1.5°C | 4.8°C | 59 mm | 66 |
| February | 9.5°C | 1.3°C | 5.4°C | 49 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.6°C | 3.3°C | 8.4°C | 50 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.6°C | 11.2°C | 66 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.8°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 81 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.5°C | 12.8°C | 18.7°C | 64 mm | 227 |
| July | 26.9°C | 14.4°C | 20.6°C | 64 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.9°C | 14.3°C | 20.6°C | 57 mm | 240 |
| September | 22.7°C | 10.8°C | 16.7°C | 66 mm | 194 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 67 mm | 127 |
| November | 11.9°C | 4.4°C | 8.2°C | 69 mm | 77 |
| December | 8.5°C | 2.0°C | 5.3°C | 68 mm | 60 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 7.3°C | 12.3°C | 758 mm | 1,889 |
Where Uzay-le-Venon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Orval Rad, 8.9 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, Bourges, 29 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 Uzay-le-Venon’s climate
How warm does Uzay-le-Venon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does Uzay-le-Venon get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 49 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Uzay-le-Venon get?
About 758 mm a year, more than 51% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourges (29 km away), averages 1,889 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Uzay-le-Venon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Uzay-le-Venon, Orval Rad, 8.9 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 ORVAL RAD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Uzay-le-Venon →
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