Frost comes to Vernais more often than to 82% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.8°C. Warm afternoons come more often than in 67% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month, March the driest. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 20–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Isle-et-Bardais station, 11 km south.
A year in Vernais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Isle-et-Bardais station.
What a year in Vernais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Isle-et-Bardais.
About 778 mm of rain a year
May 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 Lurcy-Lévis Sa
A frosty town: 61 frosts and 74 days of 25°C a year
On about 61 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 74 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Isle-et-Bardais: 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 Isle-et-Bardais
Isle-et-Bardais is 11 km south of Vernais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vernais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Isle-et-Bardais (03130002) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south |
| Station altitude | 262 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 187 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 18 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 Vernais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernais | Isle-et-Bardais | 26.8°C | 0.8°C | 778 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 16 km | Orval | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Sancoins 18 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 801 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 18 km | Dun | 27.4°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 28 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 801 mm |
Vernais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Isle-et-Bardais station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | 0.8°C | 4.2°C | 63 mm | 72 |
| February | 9.0°C | 0.6°C | 4.8°C | 51 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.4°C | 2.7°C | 8.0°C | 50 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.7°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 70 mm | 195 |
| May | 20.4°C | 8.5°C | 14.5°C | 79 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.0°C | 18.1°C | 62 mm | 246 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.5°C | 20.2°C | 57 mm | 255 |
| August | 26.8°C | 13.4°C | 20.2°C | 62 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.2°C | 10.0°C | 16.1°C | 66 mm | 197 |
| October | 17.1°C | 7.7°C | 12.4°C | 72 mm | 130 |
| November | 11.4°C | 3.8°C | 7.6°C | 77 mm | 80 |
| December | 8.0°C | 1.4°C | 4.7°C | 70 mm | 67 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 6.6°C | 11.8°C | 778 mm | 1,955 |
Where Vernais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Isle-et-Bardais, 11 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, 18 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 Vernais’s climate
How warm does Vernais get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 74 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vernais get in winter?
February nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 61 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vernais get?
About 778 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (79 mm) and March the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (18 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vernais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vernais, Isle-et-Bardais, 11 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 ISLE-ET-BARDAIS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vernais →
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.