Rainfall in Bars tops that of 76% of mainland French towns: 888 mm a year
Nights in January average 2.4°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 25°C. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 69% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Belvès station, 36 km south; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Bars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Belvès station.
What a year in Bars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Belvès.
About 888 mm of rain a year
April is the wettest month and July the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 18th wettest of 29 towns of 2,500+ in Dordogne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Brive
33 frosts and 71 days of 25°C a year
On about 33 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Belvès: 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 Belvès
Belvès is 36 km south of Bars. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bars itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Belvès (24035003) |
| Distance from the town | 36 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 253 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Brive, 33 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 Bars 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 Dordogne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bars | Belvès | 26.4°C | 2.4°C | 888 mm |
| Montignac-Lascaux 9 km | Brive | 27.9°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.3°C 1.1°C colder | 904 mm |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 17 km | Saint-Martin Rib. | 27.2°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.0°C 0.6°C milder | 917 mm |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 19 km | Brive | 27.9°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.3°C 1.1°C colder | 904 mm |
| Le Bugue 22 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 888 mm |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 24 km | Saint-Martin Rib. | 27.2°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.0°C 0.6°C milder | 917 mm |
| Trélissac 26 km | Saint-Martin Rib. | 27.2°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.0°C 0.6°C milder | 917 mm |
Bars weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Belvès station; sunshine at Brive.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | 2.4°C | 5.7°C | 80 mm | 85 |
| February | 10.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.4°C | 63 mm | 114 |
| March | 14.6°C | 4.8°C | 9.7°C | 67 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.2°C | 6.9°C | 12.0°C | 88 mm | 185 |
| May | 20.8°C | 10.0°C | 15.4°C | 84 mm | 217 |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.1°C | 18.7°C | 72 mm | 243 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.8°C | 20.6°C | 56 mm | 264 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.9°C | 20.8°C | 63 mm | 249 |
| September | 23.0°C | 12.0°C | 17.5°C | 67 mm | 203 |
| October | 18.5°C | 9.5°C | 14.0°C | 76 mm | 141 |
| November | 12.6°C | 5.4°C | 9.0°C | 88 mm | 89 |
| December | 9.5°C | 3.0°C | 6.3°C | 85 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.8°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 888 mm | 2,037 |
Where Bars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Belvès, 36 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, Brive, 33 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 Dordogne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bars’s climate
How warm does Bars get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bars get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 33 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bars get?
About 888 mm a year, more than 76% of mainland French towns. April is the wettest month (88 mm) and July the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Brive (33 km away), averages 2,037 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bars itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bars, Belvès, 36 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 BELVES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bars →
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