Ice on the ground: Venesmes sees more frosts than 78% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.4°C. Winter and summer sit 27°C apart. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 71% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lignières station, 13 km south-west.
A year in Venesmes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lignières station.
What a year in Venesmes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lignières.
About 775 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 Bourges
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 78 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 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lignières: 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 Lignières
Lignières is 13 km south-west of Venesmes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Venesmes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lignières (18127001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 191 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 180 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourges, 24 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 Venesmes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venesmes | Lignières | 27.4°C | 1.3°C | 775 mm |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 16 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Trouy 21 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 21 km | Orval | 27.5°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 21 km | Dun | 27.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 24 km | Bourges | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Issoudun 25 km | Chateauroux Déols | 26.4°C 1°C cooler | 1.7°C about the same | 729 mm |
Venesmes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lignières station; sunshine at Bourges.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 63 mm | 66 |
| February | 9.5°C | 0.9°C | 5.2°C | 51 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.9°C | 2.8°C | 8.3°C | 52 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.2°C | 4.9°C | 11.1°C | 67 mm | 186 |
| May | 21.1°C | 8.7°C | 14.9°C | 77 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.8°C | 12.2°C | 18.5°C | 66 mm | 227 |
| July | 27.4°C | 13.9°C | 20.7°C | 61 mm | 249 |
| August | 27.5°C | 13.8°C | 20.6°C | 55 mm | 240 |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.0°C | 16.5°C | 65 mm | 194 |
| October | 17.9°C | 7.7°C | 12.8°C | 76 mm | 127 |
| November | 11.8°C | 4.1°C | 8.0°C | 70 mm | 77 |
| December | 8.4°C | 1.8°C | 5.1°C | 72 mm | 60 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 6.8°C | 12.2°C | 775 mm | 1,889 |
Where Venesmes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lignières, 13 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, 24 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 Venesmes’s climate
How warm does Venesmes get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°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 Venesmes get in winter?
February nights average 0.9°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 Venesmes get?
About 775 mm a year, more than 54% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourges (24 km away), averages 1,889 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Venesmes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Venesmes, Lignières, 13 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 LIGNIERES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Venesmes →
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.