Ice on the ground: Verneuil sees more frosts than 82% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 27.4°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 71% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 27°C apart. Plan for rain on about 121 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Dun station, 7.6 km north-west.
A year in Verneuil at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dun station.
What a year in Verneuil feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dun.
About 785 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Avord
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dun: 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 Dun
Dun is 7.6 km north-west of Verneuil. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Verneuil itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dun (18087001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 160 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 172 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Avord, 26 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 Verneuil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verneuil | Dun | 27.4°C | 0.9°C | 785 mm |
| Dun-sur-Auron 8.2 km | same station | 27.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 785 mm |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 13 km | Orval | 27.5°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Sancoins 24 km | Sancoins | 27.5°C about the same | 0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 801 mm |
| Avord 24 km | Avord | 26.2°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.3°C about the same | 757 mm |
Verneuil weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dun station; sunshine at Avord.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.5°C | 4.9°C | 53 mm | 88 |
| March | 13.8°C | 2.5°C | 8.1°C | 52 mm | 150 |
| April | 17.1°C | 4.7°C | 10.9°C | 66 mm | 178 |
| May | 21.0°C | 8.5°C | 14.7°C | 76 mm | 208 |
| June | 24.9°C | 12.0°C | 18.5°C | 58 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.4°C | 13.6°C | 20.5°C | 69 mm | 238 |
| August | 27.4°C | 13.5°C | 20.4°C | 65 mm | 231 |
| September | 23.0°C | 9.8°C | 16.4°C | 65 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.8°C | 7.6°C | 12.7°C | 74 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 mm | 73 |
| December | 8.3°C | 1.5°C | 4.9°C | 73 mm | 61 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 6.6°C | 12.0°C | 785 mm | 1,824 |
Where Verneuil’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dun, 7.6 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, Avord, 26 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 Verneuil’s climate
How warm does Verneuil get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Verneuil get in winter?
February nights average 0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Verneuil get?
About 785 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Avord (26 km away), averages 1,824 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Verneuil itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Verneuil, Dun, 7.6 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 DUN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Verneuil →
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