Ice on the ground: Lioux-les-Monges sees more frosts than 90% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.6°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 77% of mainland French towns. Expect the heaviest rain in May and the lightest in February. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 21–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Auzances station, 9.2 km north.
A year in Lioux-les-Monges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Auzances station.
What a year in Lioux-les-Monges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auzances.
About 898 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 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 Chastreix
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auzances: 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 Auzances
Auzances is 9.2 km north of Lioux-les-Monges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lioux-les-Monges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Auzances (23013001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.2 km north |
| Station altitude | 564 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 679 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 52 km away |
Lioux-les-Monges sits 115 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Lioux-les-Monges to run about 0.7°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 Lioux-les-Monges 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.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lioux-les-Monges | Auzances | 24.6°C | −0.1°C | 898 mm |
| Aubusson 22 km | Aubusson | 25.0°C about the same | −1.2°C 1.1°C colder | 939 mm |
Lioux-les-Monges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Auzances station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | −0.1°C | 3.2°C | 70 mm | 98 |
| February | 7.7°C | −0.3°C | 3.7°C | 59 mm | 118 |
| March | 11.5°C | 1.8°C | 6.7°C | 61 mm | 153 |
| April | 14.8°C | 4.0°C | 9.4°C | 79 mm | 167 |
| May | 18.5°C | 7.6°C | 13.1°C | 95 mm | 171 |
| June | 22.6°C | 11.1°C | 16.8°C | 80 mm | 196 |
| July | 24.6°C | 12.5°C | 18.6°C | 80 mm | 229 |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 71 mm | 212 |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.0°C | 14.9°C | 76 mm | 177 |
| October | 16.4°C | 6.9°C | 11.7°C | 71 mm | 138 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.0°C | 6.7°C | 84 mm | 87 |
| December | 7.5°C | 0.7°C | 4.1°C | 74 mm | 92 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 5.7°C | 10.6°C | 898 mm | 1,837 |
Where Lioux-les-Monges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Auzances, 9.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, 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, 52 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 Lioux-les-Monges’s climate
How warm does Lioux-les-Monges get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.8°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lioux-les-Monges get in winter?
February nights average −0.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lioux-les-Monges get?
About 898 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (59 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (52 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lioux-les-Monges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lioux-les-Monges, Auzances, 9.2 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 AUZANCES_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lioux-les-Monges →
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.