Wet weather: 887 mm a year falls on Chéniers, more than on 76% of mainland French towns
January nights here settle around 1.0°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 76% of mainland French towns. Seasons differ by 25°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. An umbrella earns its place on about 129 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bonnat station, 7.8 km south-east.
A year in Chéniers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bonnat station.
What a year in Chéniers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bonnat.
About 887 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and July the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Creuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourganeuf
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bonnat: 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 Bonnat
Bonnat is 7.8 km south-east of Chéniers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Chéniers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bonnat (23025001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 382 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 275 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 46 km away |
Chéniers sits 107 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Chéniers 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 Chéniers 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 Creuse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéniers | Bonnat | 25.3°C | 1.0°C | 887 mm |
| Guéret 20 km | same station | 25.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 887 mm |
| Sainte-Feyre 23 km | Pontarion | 24.9°C about the same | −0.3°C 1.3°C colder | 1,156 mm |
| La Châtre 28 km | Sainte-Sévère | 26.6°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.6°C milder | 844 mm |
Chéniers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bonnat station; sunshine at Bourganeuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | 1.0°C | 4.3°C | 73 mm | 66 |
| February | 8.9°C | 0.8°C | 4.9°C | 66 mm | 96 |
| March | 12.9°C | 2.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 mm | 147 |
| April | 15.6°C | 4.9°C | 10.2°C | 78 mm | 178 |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.3°C | 13.9°C | 90 mm | 201 |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.6°C | 17.4°C | 69 mm | 224 |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.3°C | 19.3°C | 63 mm | 259 |
| August | 25.7°C | 13.3°C | 19.5°C | 63 mm | 235 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.0°C | 15.7°C | 73 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.8°C | 8.1°C | 12.4°C | 82 mm | 131 |
| November | 11.1°C | 3.9°C | 7.5°C | 81 mm | 78 |
| December | 7.9°C | 1.6°C | 4.7°C | 83 mm | 73 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 6.6°C | 11.5°C | 887 mm | 1,882 |
Where Chéniers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bonnat, 7.8 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, Bourganeuf, 46 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 Creuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Chéniers’s climate
How warm does Chéniers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Chéniers get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Chéniers get?
About 887 mm a year, more than 76% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (63 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourganeuf (46 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Chéniers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Chéniers, Bonnat, 7.8 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 BONNAT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Chéniers →
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.