Monestier-Merlines sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 91% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 142 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s La Courtine station, 18 km west.
A year in Monestier-Merlines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the La Courtine station.
What a year in Monestier-Merlines feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Courtine.
About 1,093 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Corrèze.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 96 frosts and 42 days of 25°C a year
On about 96 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Courtine: 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 La Courtine
La Courtine is 18 km west of Monestier-Merlines. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Monestier-Merlines itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | La Courtine (23067001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 772 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 743 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 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 Monestier-Merlines 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.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monestier-Merlines | La Courtine | 23.5°C | −1.5°C | 1,093 mm |
| Ussel 18 km | Ussel-Lamartine | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −1.6°C about the same | 1,156 mm |
Monestier-Merlines weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the La Courtine station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 94 mm | 98 |
| February | 6.8°C | −1.9°C | 2.5°C | 78 mm | 118 |
| March | 10.7°C | 0.3°C | 5.5°C | 79 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.5°C | 2.4°C | 8.0°C | 101 mm | 167 |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.9°C | 11.7°C | 95 mm | 171 |
| June | 21.3°C | 9.2°C | 15.3°C | 88 mm | 196 |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 79 mm | 229 |
| August | 23.6°C | 10.5°C | 17.1°C | 80 mm | 212 |
| September | 19.4°C | 7.3°C | 13.4°C | 90 mm | 177 |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.2°C | 10.1°C | 89 mm | 138 |
| November | 9.4°C | 1.4°C | 5.4°C | 113 mm | 87 |
| December | 6.5°C | −0.8°C | 2.8°C | 105 mm | 92 |
| Year | 14.4°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 1,093 mm | 1,837 |
Where Monestier-Merlines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for La Courtine, 18 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, 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 Corrèze.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Monestier-Merlines’s climate
How warm does Monestier-Merlines get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 78% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Monestier-Merlines get in winter?
February nights average −1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 96 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Monestier-Merlines get?
About 1,093 mm a year, more than 91% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (113 mm) and February the driest (78 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (26 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Monestier-Merlines itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Monestier-Merlines, La Courtine, 18 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 LA COURTINE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Monestier-Merlines →
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.