Rainfall in Mortroux tops that of 76% of mainland French towns: 887 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.3°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 76% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is May; the driest is July. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bonnat station, 9.1 km south.
A year in Mortroux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bonnat station.
What a year in Mortroux 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 9.1 km south of Mortroux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Mortroux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bonnat (23025001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.1 km south |
| Station altitude | 382 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 363 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 53 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 Mortroux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortroux | Bonnat | 25.3°C | 1.0°C | 887 mm |
| La Châtre 21 km | Sainte-Sévère | 26.6°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.6°C milder | 844 mm |
| Guéret 25 km | same station | 25.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 887 mm |
| Sainte-Feyre 27 km | Pontarion | 24.9°C about the same | −0.3°C 1.3°C colder | 1,156 mm |
Mortroux 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 Mortroux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bonnat, 9.1 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, 53 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 Mortroux’s climate
How warm does Mortroux 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 Mortroux 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 Mortroux 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 (53 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Mortroux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Mortroux, Bonnat, 9.1 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 Mortroux →
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.