Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Darnets: 1,429 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 24.2°C. Rain peaks in December and eases off in August. Frost is common: about 68 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 90% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 140 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Égletons station, 4.6 km south-west.
A year in Darnets at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Égletons station.
What a year in Darnets feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Égletons.
About 1,429 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 52 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Corrèze.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Égletons: 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 Égletons
Égletons is 4.6 km south-west of Darnets. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Darnets itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Égletons (19073006) |
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 610 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 573 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 53 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 Darnets 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.
Darnets weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Égletons station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | −0.2°C | 3.2°C | 143 mm | 98 |
| February | 7.8°C | −0.5°C | 3.7°C | 113 mm | 118 |
| March | 11.6°C | 1.9°C | 6.7°C | 130 mm | 153 |
| April | 14.7°C | 4.4°C | 9.5°C | 134 mm | 167 |
| May | 18.4°C | 7.7°C | 13.1°C | 112 mm | 171 |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.2°C | 16.8°C | 98 mm | 196 |
| July | 24.2°C | 12.5°C | 18.3°C | 93 mm | 229 |
| August | 24.3°C | 12.2°C | 18.2°C | 90 mm | 212 |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.2°C | 15.0°C | 90 mm | 177 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.8°C | 11.5°C | 115 mm | 138 |
| November | 10.3°C | 2.9°C | 6.6°C | 152 mm | 87 |
| December | 7.5°C | 0.4°C | 4.0°C | 159 mm | 92 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.7°C | 10.6°C | 1,429 mm | 1,837 |
Where Darnets’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Égletons, 4.6 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 53 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 Darnets’s climate
How warm does Darnets get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.3°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Darnets get in winter?
February nights average −0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Darnets get?
About 1,429 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (159 mm) and August the driest (90 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (53 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Darnets itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Darnets, Égletons, 4.6 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 EGLETONS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Darnets →
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