Wet weather: 969 mm a year falls on Vallière, more than on 86% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 0.2°C on average. Frost is common: about 62 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 83% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, April, gets little more than the driest, February. Waterproofs come out on about 136 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Felletin station, 12 km east.
A year in Vallière at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Felletin station.
What a year in Vallière feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Felletin.
About 969 mm of rain a year
April is the wettest month and February the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Creuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourganeuf
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 44 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Felletin: 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 Felletin
Felletin is 12 km east of Vallière. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vallière itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Felletin (23079002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 635 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 598 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 24 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 Vallière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallière | Felletin | 24.0°C | 0.2°C | 969 mm |
| Aubusson 12 km | Aubusson | 25.0°C 1°C warmer | −1.2°C 1.4°C colder | 939 mm |
Vallière weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Felletin station; sunshine at Bourganeuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C | 0.2°C | 3.3°C | 82 mm | 66 |
| February | 7.2°C | −0.1°C | 3.6°C | 70 mm | 96 |
| March | 11.2°C | 2.0°C | 6.6°C | 73 mm | 147 |
| April | 14.3°C | 4.2°C | 9.2°C | 93 mm | 178 |
| May | 17.9°C | 7.5°C | 12.7°C | 92 mm | 201 |
| June | 22.0°C | 10.8°C | 16.4°C | 81 mm | 224 |
| July | 24.0°C | 12.2°C | 18.1°C | 79 mm | 259 |
| August | 24.2°C | 12.3°C | 18.2°C | 72 mm | 235 |
| September | 20.3°C | 9.2°C | 14.8°C | 79 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.2°C | 7.3°C | 11.7°C | 71 mm | 131 |
| November | 10.1°C | 3.1°C | 6.6°C | 90 mm | 78 |
| December | 7.2°C | 0.9°C | 4.0°C | 87 mm | 73 |
| Year | 15.1°C | 5.8°C | 10.4°C | 969 mm | 1,882 |
Where Vallière’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Felletin, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, 24 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 Vallière’s climate
How warm does Vallière get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.2°C. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 76% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vallière get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vallière get?
About 969 mm a year, more than 86% of mainland French towns. April is the wettest month (93 mm) and February the driest (70 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourganeuf (24 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vallière itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vallière, Felletin, 12 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 FELLETIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vallière →
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