Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Bort-les-Orgues
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.8°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 87% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in November and eases off in February. From June to September, highs of 23–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saignes station, 6.8 km south.
A year in Bort-les-Orgues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saignes station.
What a year in Bort-les-Orgues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saignes.
About 987 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Corrèze.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 76 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saignes: 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 Saignes
Saignes is 6.8 km south of Bort-les-Orgues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bort-les-Orgues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saignes (15169001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km south |
| Station altitude | 533 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 430 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 27 km away |
Bort-les-Orgues sits 103 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Bort-les-Orgues to run about 0.7°C warmer than these figures.
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 Bort-les-Orgues 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, each with its own matched station.
Bort-les-Orgues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saignes station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | −0.9°C | 3.7°C | 68 mm | 98 |
| February | 9.7°C | −1.1°C | 4.3°C | 61 mm | 118 |
| March | 13.8°C | 1.4°C | 7.6°C | 65 mm | 153 |
| April | 16.6°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 89 mm | 167 |
| May | 20.6°C | 7.2°C | 13.9°C | 96 mm | 171 |
| June | 24.5°C | 10.8°C | 17.6°C | 88 mm | 196 |
| July | 26.8°C | 12.6°C | 19.7°C | 84 mm | 229 |
| August | 26.9°C | 12.2°C | 19.6°C | 80 mm | 212 |
| September | 22.7°C | 8.7°C | 15.7°C | 90 mm | 177 |
| October | 18.0°C | 6.3°C | 12.1°C | 89 mm | 138 |
| November | 12.1°C | 2.4°C | 7.2°C | 97 mm | 87 |
| December | 8.7°C | −0.2°C | 4.3°C | 81 mm | 92 |
| Year | 17.4°C | 5.3°C | 11.3°C | 987 mm | 1,837 |
Where Bort-les-Orgues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saignes, 6.8 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, Chastreix, 27 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 Bort-les-Orgues’s climate
How warm does Bort-les-Orgues get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 76 days a year reach 25°C, more than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bort-les-Orgues get in winter?
February nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bort-les-Orgues get?
About 987 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (97 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (27 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bort-les-Orgues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bort-les-Orgues, Saignes, 6.8 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 SAIGNES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bort-les-Orgues →
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.