Bar sits near the top of mainland French towns for rain, with 1,236 mm a year
July afternoons average 27.2°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 89% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month, July the driest. Windscreens need scraping on about 67 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Tulle station, 13 km south-west.
A year in Bar at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tulle station.
What a year in Bar feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tulle.
About 1,236 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 45 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Corrèze.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Brive
A frosty town: 67 frosts and 82 days of 25°C a year
On about 67 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, and 30 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tulle: 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 Tulle
Tulle is 13 km south-west of Bar. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bar itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tulle (19272001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 271 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Brive, 35 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 Bar 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 Corrèze.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar | Tulle | 27.2°C | 0.5°C | 1,236 mm |
| Tulle 9.3 km | same station | 27.2°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 1,236 mm |
| Égletons 19 km | Égletons | 24.2°C 3°C cooler | −0.2°C 0.7°C colder | 1,429 mm |
| Uzerche 22 km | Uzerche | 25.0°C 2.2°C cooler | 1.7°C 1.2°C milder | 1,098 mm |
| Donzenac 26 km | Voutezac | 27.6°C about the same | −0.1°C 0.6°C colder | 1,014 mm |
| Malemort 27 km | Brive | 27.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C 0.8°C milder | 904 mm |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 29 km | Argentat | 28.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 1,146 mm |
Bar weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tulle station; sunshine at Brive.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C | 0.5°C | 4.6°C | 118 mm | 85 |
| February | 10.4°C | 0.1°C | 5.2°C | 96 mm | 114 |
| March | 14.7°C | 2.5°C | 8.6°C | 97 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.5°C | 4.9°C | 11.2°C | 111 mm | 185 |
| May | 21.4°C | 8.3°C | 14.8°C | 101 mm | 217 |
| June | 25.0°C | 11.6°C | 18.3°C | 93 mm | 243 |
| July | 27.2°C | 13.2°C | 20.2°C | 77 mm | 264 |
| August | 27.3°C | 13.0°C | 20.2°C | 78 mm | 249 |
| September | 23.2°C | 9.6°C | 16.4°C | 92 mm | 203 |
| October | 18.5°C | 7.3°C | 12.9°C | 110 mm | 141 |
| November | 12.4°C | 3.3°C | 7.9°C | 131 mm | 89 |
| December | 9.2°C | 0.9°C | 5.0°C | 132 mm | 78 |
| Year | 18.0°C | 6.3°C | 12.1°C | 1,236 mm | 2,037 |
Where Bar’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tulle, 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, Brive, 35 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 Corrèze.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bar’s climate
How warm does Bar get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, more than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 30 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bar get in winter?
February nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 67 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bar get?
About 1,236 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (132 mm) and July the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Brive (35 km away), averages 2,037 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bar itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bar, Tulle, 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 TULLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bar →
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.