Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Péret-Bel-Air: 1,429 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −0.2°C. Only 25°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 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, 8.7 km south.
A year in Péret-Bel-Air at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Égletons station.
What a year in Péret-Bel-Air 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 Bourganeuf
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 8.7 km south of Péret-Bel-Air. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Péret-Bel-Air itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Égletons (19073006) |
| Distance from the town | 8.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 610 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 768 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 57 km away |
Péret-Bel-Air sits 158 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Péret-Bel-Air to run about 1°C cooler 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 Péret-Bel-Air 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.
Péret-Bel-Air weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Égletons station; sunshine at Bourganeuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | −0.2°C | 3.2°C | 143 mm | 66 |
| February | 7.8°C | −0.5°C | 3.7°C | 113 mm | 96 |
| March | 11.6°C | 1.9°C | 6.7°C | 130 mm | 147 |
| April | 14.7°C | 4.4°C | 9.5°C | 134 mm | 178 |
| May | 18.4°C | 7.7°C | 13.1°C | 112 mm | 201 |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.2°C | 16.8°C | 98 mm | 224 |
| July | 24.2°C | 12.5°C | 18.3°C | 93 mm | 259 |
| August | 24.3°C | 12.2°C | 18.2°C | 90 mm | 235 |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.2°C | 15.0°C | 90 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.8°C | 11.5°C | 115 mm | 131 |
| November | 10.3°C | 2.9°C | 6.6°C | 152 mm | 78 |
| December | 7.5°C | 0.4°C | 4.0°C | 159 mm | 73 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.7°C | 10.6°C | 1,429 mm | 1,882 |
Where Péret-Bel-Air’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Égletons, 8.7 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, Bourganeuf, 57 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 Péret-Bel-Air’s climate
How warm does Péret-Bel-Air 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 Péret-Bel-Air 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 Péret-Bel-Air 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, Bourganeuf (57 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Péret-Bel-Air itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Péret-Bel-Air, Égletons, 8.7 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 Péret-Bel-Air →
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