Few mainland French towns get more rain than Féniers: 1,339 mm a year
January mornings start at about −0.9°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 95% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 24°C. Homes need heating from November to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Peyrelevade station, 7.7 km south-west.
A year in Féniers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Peyrelevade station.
What a year in Féniers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Peyrelevade.
About 1,339 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 49 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Creuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourganeuf
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Peyrelevade: 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 Peyrelevade
Peyrelevade is 7.7 km south-west of Féniers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Féniers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Peyrelevade (19164001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 827 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 837 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 38 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 Féniers 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, each with its own matched station.
Féniers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Peyrelevade station; sunshine at Bourganeuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −0.9°C | 2.2°C | 123 mm | 66 |
| February | 6.1°C | −1.3°C | 2.4°C | 103 mm | 96 |
| March | 9.8°C | 1.0°C | 5.4°C | 103 mm | 147 |
| April | 12.6°C | 2.9°C | 7.7°C | 124 mm | 178 |
| May | 16.4°C | 6.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 mm | 201 |
| June | 20.1°C | 9.8°C | 14.9°C | 98 mm | 224 |
| July | 22.2°C | 11.3°C | 16.8°C | 92 mm | 259 |
| August | 22.4°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 89 mm | 235 |
| September | 18.5°C | 8.4°C | 13.4°C | 103 mm | 195 |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.2°C | 10.3°C | 108 mm | 131 |
| November | 8.8°C | 2.1°C | 5.5°C | 141 mm | 78 |
| December | 6.2°C | 0.0°C | 3.1°C | 139 mm | 73 |
| Year | 13.6°C | 4.8°C | 9.2°C | 1,339 mm | 1,882 |
Where Féniers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Peyrelevade, 7.7 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, 38 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 Féniers’s climate
How warm does Féniers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.4°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Féniers get in winter?
February nights average −1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Féniers get?
About 1,339 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (141 mm) and August the driest (89 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourganeuf (38 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Féniers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Féniers, Peyrelevade, 7.7 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 PEYRELEVADE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Féniers →
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.